Building the future starts earlier than we think. In today’s Miami Herald op-ed, Superintendent Jose L. Dotres, Ed.D. highlights a powerful truth: when students see college as possible early on, everything changes.

Through Future Bound Miami, kindergarten students across Miami-Dade County Public Schools now have access to college savings accounts creating not just financial opportunity, but belief, expectation, and momentum. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION is playing a key role in building one of the most comprehensive children’s savings ecosystems in the country alongside incredible partners committed to long-term economic mobility. This is what it looks like when a community invests in its future from day one. Full article here.