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FEATURES 18 An Award Winning Outdoor-living Remodel of your Dreams Michael Nash Design Build wins 2020 Capital CotY Merit Award

24 A Tale of Two Brothers... And How Gratitude Guides the Reed's Family Vacations

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The first level is now a large multi-level flagstone patio with a

LOT IN CENTREVILLE, THE HOMEOWNERS IMMEDIATELY

circular setting, surrounded with seating walls, a built-in kitchen

STARTED THINKING OF EXPANDING THEIR OUTDOOR LIV-

and grill. One of the highlights of this space is a wood burning

ING SPACE INTO A TWO-STORY BACKYARD ADDITION.

stone fireplace and four columns with post lights, allowing for

“Often homeowners build and don’t consider the outdoor

excellent night and day use. The second part of the patio was

living space in the initial project,” says Sonny Nazemian, mas-

covered with beaded cedar paneling facing a linear gas fireplace

ter designer/remodeler with Michael Nash Design Build. “After

covered in split face stone, with four recessed infrared ceiling

residing in the space for some time they realize they are miss-

heaters giving them the option of four-season use.

ing out on fully using their new property. We are able to come

“The homeowners wanted to use this covered area for enter-

in and essentially expand the home with completely new areas

taining,” says Sonny. “Because it is lit with plenty of recess

to enjoy all year round.”

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The lower level is perfect for entertaining.

enough for family use and to serve as a gathering spot

heaters making it usable all year around. A wrought iron

for good size parties. We left some covered area next to

bronze French belly railing system enhanced with LED

this open for gaming or socializing.”

column lights makes this deck perfectly suited for day and

A lead walk covered in matching stones guides guests from the front yard into the new outdoor space to make parties more accessible and provide a grand entrance.

The patio includes an outdoor fireplace.

night entertainment. The dark bronze metal roof is the cap on a picture-perfect design. “Our view of our wooded lot from the second floor of

The second floor is home to a large scale 21’ x 56’ por-

the deck is simply breathtaking,” says the homeowner.

celain “faux wood” floored deck that connects to the lower

“This area has given us a new appreciation of our home,

level with a new staircase. The 18’ x 18’ covered area on this

how we live and how we entertain. We put it to good use

level is completely glassed in and furnished with its own

throughout the year and it brings us a lot of joy. It is hard to

linear gas fireplace, a large flat-screen TV, and infrared

imagine our home without it.”

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Daniel Found His Brother Living in a Slum Where he was Born

“I’VE HAD A GOOD LIFE,” SAYS DANIEL REED, OWNER OF NOVA HOMEWORKS IN STERLING. “I’ve been blessed.” This feeling of gratitude for a successful flooring business (https://novahomeworks.com/ of Sterling) and a beautiful family might seem like the norm for a Loudoun business owner. But with Daniel it’s different. While your average family of four might save up for an annual beach holiday, every vacation

in the mountains without electricity or shelter or

for the Reeds is spent, at least in part, in service to a

a bathroom – literally out of doors.”

family or a community less fortunate.

Other missions with groups of doctors followed to

It’s a habit Daniel developed early in life. From

the far reaches of Russia where he taught rural peo-

the time he was enrolled in a nursing program out

ple home remedies to counteract common diseases.

of high school in southern Michigan, he served

By the time he traveled to Prague and the Ukraine,

on medical mission trips to Europe, Asia and

he was studying to be a “health lifecycle coach”

the Caribbean. On the island of Mindoro in the

and completely hooked on both travel and helping

Philippines with Adventist Frontier Missions of

people. By 1999 he had the chance to take medical

Michigan, he treated patients with malaria and

supplies to Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

tuberculosis by day, and at night he taught island-

There he worked to support himself, sometimes

ers to read. “It was a very cool experience, living

operating from donations that paid for plane fare or supplies, “but most of the time I worked and used my money to support the work.... My mom used to say if you hadn’t gone so much you’d be a very wealthy man! But of course this was all before I got married,” he smiled. Not that that changed much. After he and Lezlie married in 2001, Daniel began building his flooring business, a trade that had been putting him through nursing school until his great chemistry with customers caused his employers to pull him into the business full time. Along came son Joshua, now 13, and Kyleigh, 10. Now, wherever they travel – often to Lezlie’s native Mexico – the kids take clothing, toys and crafts for kids they meet on their journey. One such trip took them to San Telmo where the families live near the town dump.

Some people share photos from their trips to the beach. Daniel enthusiastically flips through his family's recent service projects.

“When we vacation in Mexico, we always do some sort of community work while we’re there,” says Daniel. On their last trip they bought rice,

B ROTH E R S

AND HOW GRATITUDE GUIDES THE REED'S FAMILY VACATIONS

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Kyleigh (10), Daniel, Lezlie and Joshua (13)

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Gabi (7) David (12) Joselyn (15) Jonathan (11), wife Patty and William

beans, oil and other staples and took the supplies to communities where handicapped families live. The connection came through relatives of Daniel’s fellow church members in Haymarket who work with handicapped parents south of the border. “We made around 25 baskets of food and toys and so forth and took them around to the families in these little shacks where they were living.” They also collected money for an 80-year-old woman living in a “little plastic house” to build her a better place to live. The kids enjoy the work. Daniel says, but it’s an education too. “I want them to learn. I came from a very poor situation and, while my kids have been very well blessed, I want them to understand the humble people and how they live. That’s all I’m trying to help them understand.” Saying Daniel came from poverty is no exaggeration. He was born in Guatemala to a single mother of

a word of Spanish. Because the family had a horse,

five kids who died at 29 from a lung condition brought

the boys learned to plow fields “the old way” and to

on by working in a fireworks factory where no masks

grow their own food. As his father branched into con-

were provided to prevent workers from breathing in

tracting, so did the boys, causing Daniel to remark that

the gunpowder. Abandoned by their father, he and his

remodeling is “in the blood.” At 75, his dad is even now

siblings were taken to an orphanage where Daniel,

building a new house, doing everything himself.

the second oldest, helped to look after the others.

So, it’s not surprising that Daniel would do the

Not long after, he and three brothers, then aged 12,

same for his youngest half-brother, the one who

11, 7 and 5 – all but the youngest – were adopted by

wasn’t adopted.

Christian parents in South Haven, Michigan.

It took years of searching and finally a trip with his

Daniel clearly remembers the trip to his new

wife back to the Guatemalan city where Daniel was

home, passing through O’Hare airport the day

born to find his half-brother William Sinay, but they

before Thanksgiving. They arrived late to the mod-

did. Without benefit of a life in the U.S., William grew

est home on a day Daniel is sure was the coldest

up in the slums and only went to school through the

he’d ever experienced, then rose Thanksgiving

third grade. He, his wife Patty and four kids aged 8

morning to an astonishing amount of food, includ-

to 15 lived simply in a tin and cardboard hut with dirt

ing apple pie. After eating their fill, all went to work,

floors. Daniel and his wife immediately helped them

chopping wood and doing other household chores

move into a rental house and began, little by little, to

in a manner habitual to his new, hard-working par-

build them a small home of their own.

ents. Not rich by any means, the couple neverthe-

The new home isn’t big, but will have two levels

less struggled to take in as many siblings as they

with three small bedrooms, a small kitchen and

could afford. The normal cost to adopt each child

living room with a concrete foundation. The next

was $10,000, but the orphanage cut the price in half,

step: getting a roof over the kitchen and living room.

leading Daniel to chuckle that he always teased his

Proudly, Daniel notes that, though they live in very

mother that she got him “50% off.”

humble circumstances, William has always made

He and his brothers were home schooled at a

sure the kids go to school.

time before it was fashionable and he learned cabi-

“What I tell our staff here, who are also involved

net-making and wood-working from his father and to

in these projects,” Daniel says, “is that we are of

speak English by his mother – who didn’t then speak

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our business, but we’re also here to be a blessing to people. We send kids to camp, and we support a school in Texas so they can buy supplies.... Faith has a lot to do with it, but it’s also that my heart just feels for these people where the need is great. I don’t want to forget where I came from.” To Daniel, his efforts have always seemed small – nothing world-changing – “it’s just a little bit of help with this and a little bit of help with that,” but that too could be about to change. Daniel’s work in Guatemala reconnected him with the orphanage through which he and his brothers were adopted. It’s called International Children’s Care and is “dedicated to the care, education, and spiritual growth of orphaned and vulnerable children in underdeveloped countries.” The internationally recognized non-governmental organization based in Seattle has orphanages in several countries, and a website dubbed, http:// forhiskids.org. The group champions traditional Christian values like the potential of each person to reflect the image of God; the dignity of every person; and the importance of quality in human life. It helps orphaned, abandoned and needy children, typically by setting up as many as 12 children in a family-style home with two parents. Inspired by Daniel’s story – not just by becoming successful at business, but by the lifestyle he and his family have adopted – ICC is working on a documentary that will feature his experience. Because that involves his being trained in woodworking at home and using this to forge a career, the group is looking for ways to help members of its homes learn a trade so they can become self-supporting. Daniel says, “I would be happy to go to developing countries and train folks because, it’s like you say, you can give a fish and feed someone for a day or teach them to fish and they can live for a lifetime. That’s my dream and I would love to get business people from Loudoun involved.” ICC is on board for whatever comes together, “so we can show other people – yes, it can be done!” William's new home awaits a roof when there's enough money to finish it.

Daniel adds. COVID has delayed the Reed’s vacation for this year, likely until December when they hope to help build a school in Peru.

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“I wou ld be happy to go to developi n g c o u n t r i e s a n d t r a i n fo l k s b e c a u s e , i t’s l i k e y o u s a y, y o u c a n g i v e a f i s h a n d fe e d s o m e o n e fo r a d a y o r t e a c h t h e m t o f i s h a n d t h e y c a n l i v e fo r a l i fe t i m e .”

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ROOTED IN TRUTH

Ryan Points to a Map in the Smoke House Showing Where the Days Went When They Could Buy Their Own Land

HOW BUILDING A FACT-BASED HISTORY AT OATLANDS FROM THE GROUND UP COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR RECONCILIATION

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“I knew then this was going to be part of something special,” Ryan said. When he and his mom returned to their car, they both just sat there for a while, too full of emotion to speak, until Deborah said, “They’re watching us. When we say their names, there’s something that enlivens them. It builds them up. They see us; they know us and they’re glad we’re here.” RYAN WILLIAMS, A FORMER NBC NEWS EXECUTIVE, IS NOW

Says Ryan, “I go to her on all spiritual things, and she’s saying, ‘we

A MEDIA AND DIVERSITY CONSULTANT, BRINGING CONVER-

needed to do this. This needed to happen.’” It took another four years

SATIONS ABOUT BIAS AND EQUITY INTO SOME OF THE MOST

of bringing relatives to descendant reunions before he joined the

INFLUENTIAL BOARDROOMS IN AMERICA. Yet even he didn’t

board of Oatlands where he now heads the Education Committee.

truly understand how deeply his own family was impacted by race

He’s now in awe of the enormity of the opportunity of using Oatlands,

until he traced his ancestry to Oatlands.

its research as well as the physicality of its land, buildings and library,

After following his grandfather’s mother’s family on Ancestry.com to the Day family in Loudoun County, Virginia, he Googled “Day fam-

“in the midst of an era where I can recall artist Kanye West saying in an interview that slavery was a choice.”

ily, plantation and Loudoun County,” and a link from the 400-acre

His immediate response was to call his cousins and say, “Get

Oatlands Historic House and Gardens was the very first result. “More

your kids’ behinds here to Oatlands because they need to under-

specifically, what I found was a PDF that had been loaded onto the

stand the sacrifice that was made and see the remnants of that

Oatlands website from a transcription of Elizabeth Carter’s diary,” he

horrible period of history. These children need to be part of the

recalls. (“The Diary of Elizabeth O. Carter, Loudoun County Virginia,

generation that does better.”

1860-1872,” was just published in March and now can be bought from Amazon or purchased in the Oatlands bookstore for $30.) Like most African Americans, Ryan’s historical quest for his family roots would otherwise have been lacking beyond the 1870 census, the first U.S. Census to both count and name African Americans who had been enslaved. In that census, Ryan found Robert Day, the last of his ancestors associated with Oatlands. Robert had walked away from the farm a free man as soon as he’d earned enough money to buy his own property in Gleedsville, named for another enslaved family.

Having grown up in Philadelphia where every fourth grader has toured Independence Hall and stories of the underground railroad, he’d spent little time on the history of the other end of that conduit.

“They’re watching us. When we say their names, there’s something that enlivens them. It builds them up. They see us; they know us and they’re glad we’re here.”

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With that name, and using records painstakingly compiled by Oatlands historians he also found Robert’s parents Emanuel and Virginia Day and grandparents Julius and Jane Day. It was a history to which Robert’s Ryan’s own grandfather had only cagily alluded, saying there might be “something interesting” in his great-grandmother’s ancestry. “It’s safe to say that was a bit of an understatement,” Robert Ryan says. “I went from Googling a plantation, to a phone call to Oatlands, to an invitation to visit, to ‘hey, there’s also a reunion scheduled for May’ in one day. It was all very overwhelming.” Of course, he accepted the invitation, five years ago in May, driving in from Arlington with his mother Deborah, who lives in Pennsylvania. The then curator of education Lori Kimball, who digitized Elizabeth’s diary, laid out large sheets of paper with names neither of them had ever heard before, and no one in the family knew anything about, laying out in detail the history of George Carter and his wife who had built Oatlands mansion and at one time owned as many as 133 slaves. A tour of the property led them to handle bricks both made and laid on the estate by the enslaved, and to touch divots in the floorboards outside the “master’s bedroom” where the enslaved slept.

Katharine and Ryan stand in the “Dependency” where the enslaved serving the household worked and lived in sight of the mansion. CityLifestyle.com/Leesburg

ROOTED IN TRUTH (CONTINUED)

She repeated that Oatlands’ historical work is “absolutely integral” to the greater reconciliation – primarily of black and white Americans – that needs to take place in this country adding, “Everybody is on a different path towards reconciliation, or may be at different points in that journey. We’re not going at the same pace and certainly not “Now I come here as a board member and know that, if my ancestors

everyone has arrived. My understanding and acceptance of the truth

were buried here they would have ... never thought to see the day that

in my history and my willingness to learn is greater than what my

their kin would be charged with the success and growth of this land.

parents are inclined to discuss. But my three sons represent the

All I hear them saying is, ‘tell our story. Tell our story.’ So that’s my role.”

future. They will talk about this. They will come out here. They will

Katharine Stewart is likewise compelled to tell the story of

talk to Ryan and his relatives, and they will be able to be reconciled.”

Oatlands as both a fellow board member and member of the

Many like herself, whose heritage winds deeply through the

Education Committee, and as a descendant, though she prefers to

southland, have ancestral exposure to either segregation or slavery,

trace her lineage to the father of Oatlands’ plantation owner, Robert

she acknowledges. Katharine herself attended elementary school in

Carter III. One of history’s little-known stories about Virginia’s African

Chapel Hill and Charlotte where the schools had been segregated

American slave owners is that Robert, one of the richest contempo-

less than five years earlier. While she doesn’t yet know whether

raries of America’s founding fathers, and father to the George Carter

Betty Landon Carter herself owned slaves, it’s likely that a family

who built Oatlands, was himself the single greatest emancipator of

with six or seven children and thousands of acres of land couldn’t

personal slave holdings in the nation’s history.

have managed the farm without help. What both she and Ryan are

According to Andrew Levy’s book, “The First Emancipator, Slavery, Religion and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter,” when Robert

willing to do together is dig for the truth and share it, as well as all its repercussions, in open forums.

Carter III turned 21 in February 1949, he inherited 100 slaves and

Ryan believes that, for he and other African Americans who visit

65,000 acres of land spreading across the Northern Neck, all the

Oatlands, slavery becomes real when one goes to the barn or the

way to Winchester on the West and Alexandria to the East. By 1791,

smokehouse and seeks their craftsmanship. “I’ve spent nearly 20

he had filed in Northumberland District Court a “Deed of Gift” doc-

years telling other peoples’ stories, but now I’m taking that time to

ument that would free more than 450 of his slaves – more than any

tell our story. And, when we lift those names up, they become real.”

other American slaveholder, ever. He’d even sent his son George to

He cites research that says when children know their family tree they

college in Rhode Island, a school later to become Brown University,

do better in history classes and school in general.

to escape any commercial indoctrination into the notion that owning other human beings was either necessary or moral. (For the record, we asked Ryan who the first college graduate was in his own family and he said, “You’re looking at him.”)

For himself, he can look out of his Arlington home towards the U.S. Capitol building and know that, “in the midst of so much that’s happening in this country, I can say, ‘I’m an American.’ I can come [to Oatlands] and point to the name of a person who was born here four

Katharine’s search for her roots began in Virginia’s Northern Neck

years after the Constitution was completed, ancestors who fought

where Robert III resided in Nomony Hall. Her journey to Oatlands led

for this country and built this country. That’s what it means to have a

to Robert Carter III’s daughter, George’s sister Betty Landon Carter.

connection to a place in time.”

Robert had 12 children, each of them deeded around 3,000 acres, largely in Virginia. A portion of Betty’s land became what is now part of the Manassas Battlefield. Once she realized that Betty’s brother had built Oatlands, her path also led her to a board seat in 2015. Katharine distills her personal journey into three truths: “I’m very proud that I’m the great- times five, granddaughter of Robert Carter III who freed his slaves. I’m very, very proud of that. I’m horrified – as anybody would be whose ancestors owned slaves – that my great- four times uncle George was a slave owner. That’s horrifying, really, really horrifying. But third, I’m heartened and so encouraged and proud of what Oatlands is doing because our work is part of a reconciliation that I think our country and all of its citizens need to take part in.”

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Oatlands' Oldest Oak Tree, Backdrop for Ryan and Katharine's Family Trees

Ryan Williams and Katharine Lewis Fox Family Trees, set against the oldest oak tree at Oatlands, likely dating to around 1798 when George Carter was given the 3,408-acre farm. Ryan Williams

Katharine Lewis Fox - William Abbott Stewart

(1 9 7 7 - )

(1 9 5 9 - )

(1 9 5 4 - )

Deborah Williams - Donald R Reed

Mary Landon Lewis - Joe Thomas Fox Jr.

(1 9 5 2 - )

(1 9 3 4 - )

(1 9 3 8 -1 9 9 7 )

Curtis N Williams - Eloise Dorsey Williams (1 9 1 4 -2 0 0 4)

(1 9 1 3 -1 9 7 9)

(1 9 3 5 - )

Mary Johnson Best - William Figures Lewis (1 9 0 1 -1 9 9 5)

(1 8 9 8 -1 9 7 2)

Abraham Williams - Irene Day Williams

Watkins Harris Best - Mary Wyly Johnson

(1 8 8 5 -1 9 6 2)

(1 8 6 1 -1 9 24)

(1 8 5 8 -1 9 2 6)

Robert Day - Catherine Jones Day (1 8 8 6 -1 9 7 0)

(1 8 8 6 -1 9 7 0)

Emanuel Day - Virginia Day (1 8 1 9 -1 8 8 3)

(1 8 6 2-1 9 3 9)

John William Fletcher Best

Sarah Virginia Hamilton Harris

(1 8 3 7-1 9 0 1)

(1 8 ? ?-1 9 ? ?)

(1 8 3 5 - )

Adeline Ball - Hezekiah Best Julius Day - Jane Day (1 7 9 0 -1 8 8 1)

(1 7 9 9 -1 8 8 0)

(1 8 0 1 -1 8 7 8/8 0)

(1 7 9 4)

George Carter - Elizabeth Osborne Grayson Lewis // [Sister] Elizabeth (Betty) Landon Carter - Spencer Ball (1 7 7 7-1 8 4 6)

(1796 -1885)

(1768-1804)

(1762-1832)

Robert Carter III (“The Great Emancipator”) - Frances Ann Tasker (17 26 -1 8 0 4)

(1 7 3 8 -1 7 8 7 )

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To boil it down, Caleb believes that the history of Oatlands, like the history of Loudoun County, reveals families that were split apart over the Civil War and slavery, mirroring similar contradictions in U.S. law and practice. “You have presidents who touted both freedom and slavery, and those two ideas are incompatible – they can’t co-exist.” These contradictions are brought into stark relief at Oatlands, whose story swings from a father who freed nearly

We get to ask , why are there contradic tions , why are there incongruities , and how do we get to the impor tant place which is using all our insight to inform a bet ter f uture?

500 slaves to a son who purchased more than 100 in just one generation. The very fact that Robert Carter III was a contemporary of George Washington and every Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution puts this hard truth – “the smelly cat” question on the table: if he could free 500 slaves, why couldn’t all our founding fathers? It may be difficult to have honest conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion in corporate conference rooms, Caleb adds, but you can have them at

Katharine responds, “I continue to be awed by what Ryan says. It

Oatlands because the very buildings, like the “Dependency” housing

feels like he’s got such an unusual perspective on this, as an African

the enslaved detailed to house duty, tell stories yearning to be heard

American.” Whereas Ryan speaks of feeling at peace or of com-

– and because, he says, “heroes” like Ryan and Katharine are paving

pleteness when he communicates his family’s story, her reaction

the way. “We get to ask, why are there contradictions, why are there

is often that she might not feel as forgiving of her own ancestors,

incongruities, and how do we get to the important place which is

were she in his shoes.

using all our insight to inform a better future? ...Our road ahead is to

With a self-deprecating chuckle, Ryan says, “Well, let’s say I don’t

find answers based on facts and not to make assumptions.”

fit the stereotype of a kid born in West Philly that got a degree in agricultural education who sits on the board of a former enslave-

+ Oatlands’ next major work is likely to be publication of George

ment site” – as if there were many in his shoes. But from his first

Carter’s extensive ledgers, sure to name additional enslaved people

conversation with fellow board members, which touched on every-

and provide a “commercial” perspective of slave ownership.

thing from Black Lives Matter to COVID restrictions, he said that his

+ If you’re interested in digging deeper, check out The Enslaved

contributions to even tough conversations like that of “reparations”

Community Database online (see: https://oatlands.org/reclaim-

have been met with the response, “Bring it!”

your-story/). Oatlands has made a long-term commitment to the

“That means something and I think it’s a story that, that not only

project and seeks diverse leaders and board members to work

helps us on the board of Oatlands but in our professional life and

together to better understand the past. (Reach out to cschutz@

our family life and our personal conversations. The conversations

oatlands.org if interested.)

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT INMED'S EXPANDS TO PAXTON CAMPUS TO OFFER HANDS-ON LEARNING

ARTICLE MELINDA GIPSON

A N E W N E X US O F O P P O R TU N IT Y THIS JULY, THE AURORA SCHOOL, PART OF THE ARC OF LOUDOUN, WILL CELEBRATE ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY – IT’S 12TH ON THE GROUNDS OF PAXTON’S LEESBURG CAMPUS. The school’s impetus were the needs, felt by the parents of three children with autism, that were not being met by either the Loudoun County school system or private institutions at the time. One of those parents was Jennifer Lassiter Smith, Aurora School’s first executive director. Jennifer now heads INMED USA, whose mission is building pathways for economically vulnerable children and families to become self-reliant.

Jennifer and Katelyn

In practice, that means helping families learn parenting skills, English or computer skills or offering

hands, who have many other talents that are not conducive to

other career-training assistance that will open up

taking tests are the workforce of tomorrow – our leaders and

local job opportunities. The group’s Community

problem solvers. We want to nurture and support those teenag-

Center in Sterling has become a resource hub for

ers as they forge their best possible future.”

everything from COVID-19 testing to after-school academic enrichment to Zumba classes!

development organization which has fought poverty and hunger

What’s become clear to Jennifer over the years,

with innovative programs like aquaponics (plant and fish farming)

is that many students – not just those who may be

and a global, virtual learning platform; and a new school concept

developmentally disabled – learn differently than

emerges -- one with the promise of helping teenagers answer not

the way they’re often being taught. Such students

only the question, “what do you want to be when you grow up,”

benefit more from experiential, “project-based”

but “which of the world’s problems will you help solve?”

education, and are ill-served by college prep

The private school for middle- and high-school students

courses where success is measured by test-tak-

now envisioned would be called the “Nexus School Loudoun.”

ing. The individualized education that benefitted

Located on the Paxton Campus, the new school would house

Jennifer’s daughter Katelyn, could help many more

not only an aquaponics greenhouse – serving as a sustainable

students, giving them opportunities to contribute

agriculture, horticultural, ecological, and earth science lab – but

to the world, she reasoned.

also facilities specializing in health and nutrition, mechanics and

“This idea that college is the best path for every-

Add to this mix INMED’s roots as an international humanitarian

woodworking, business development and international studies.

one – we just don’t share that view,” Jennifer said.

In short, as her own daughter turns 26, Jennifer wants to offer

“People who are creative, who work with their

every child the skills they need to make the world a better place.

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