Our Purpose

Students are motivated by their dreams—not by academics alone.
We believe every student has a dream worth discovering—and a future worth building.
Find A Tree helps students discover their talents and interests, determine their dreams, and take meaningful steps toward achieving them now.
By connecting academics to students' dreams, Find A Tree gives students a reason to learn, motivates them to achieve academically, and develop the leadership and life skills needed to create futures they are passionate about.
Our mission is to help schools cultivate the next generation of leaders, innovators, and world changers.
‍Dreams are not for someday. Dreams are for today.

Find A Tree helps students find themselves, their dream, and connect with school. Find A Tree is the starting line to the greatest goal in life: the achievement of living your dream.

─Angel Jimenez
Student
Los Angeles, California

Find A Tree is a creative, innovative, and life-changing solution that motivates, engages, and empowers students to learn and achieve—driven by their own passion to pursue their dreams.

─Joseph Fulton
English Teacher
Los Angeles, California

Imagine a School

Where Every Student Finds His or Her Tree

What if every student had a dream that gave purpose to their education?

From the perspective of one who has taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for more than 25 years, Find A Tree is the most effective day-to-day program I’ve seen in terms of encouraging students to develop meaningful goals and then relating the importance of education to the achievement of those goals.

─Randy Fong
History Teacher
Los Angeles, California

Why Schools Need Find A Tree

Some students struggle academically because they lack a dream that gives purpose to their education. Others achieve academically but remain uncertain about their futures.

Find A Tree addresses both challenges by helping students discover meaningful dreams, connect those dreams to their education, and begin taking action toward achieving them immediately.

DISCOVER WHY SCHOOLS NEED FIND A TREE

A Comprehensive, Purpose-Driven Education Model

Discover how Find A Tree helps students transform their dreams into action and gives purpose to their education.

DISCOVER HOW THE FIND A TREE PROGRAM WORKS

The Story Behind Find A Tree

Find A Tree was founded in Ghana, West Africa, when Daniel Armstrong advised two young men who dreamed of teaching in their own school to stop waiting and start where they were.
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He told them to “find a tree and start their school there.”
They did—and within four months, nearly 100 students began coming to the school under the tree.
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Inspired by the response, a local businessman donated a building to use as their school.
This story inspired Daniel to create the Find A Tree program.
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Consider Find A Tree as a mirror─one meant to reflect the greatness lying inside of you.
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Consider Find A Tree as a match─one meant to ignite your passion and spirit.
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Consider Find A Tree as a vessel─one meant to put you on a course toward your dreams.

─Daniel Armstrong
Founder, Find A Tree | The Dream Mentor
B.A., Columbia University / J.D. and MBA,
UCLA Ford Foundation Fellow in Zimbabwe

Bring Find A Tree to
‍Your School

Discover how a purpose-driven education model can transform the way your students approach learning, leadership, and their futures.

EXPLORE FIND A TREE FOR YOUR SCHOOL

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