Adrienne Bell

Adrienne was born in Louisiana but grew up grew up on the southside of Houston, in the Southpark community. After high school she went to work for Southwestern Bell, from where she retired after 30 years. Because her parents never got to finish their education, Adrienne knew how important it was for her to finish her own. It wasn’t easy as a single mother, working full time, but today she and her children are all first generation college graduates. She graduated with her Bachelor’s the same time as her son. Today she is a teacher in the largest school district in Texas and finishing her EdD in Education Administration at Texas Southern University. She is a second grade school teacher with Houston Independent School District, the largest district in Texas. She has served as a Deputy Field Director with Battleground Texas, and on the Houston staff for the Obama 2012 election campaign.  Adrienne says, “Education is how we bring opportunity within anyone’s grasp -- and my life has proven it.”