Get Into the Arena of Life & Let Greatness Happen

April Rice joins with me to illustrate how she has embraced the challenges that life throws at her to encourage greatness in those around her as she embraces the arena of life. For the past 10 years April was the Director of of a college access and persistence program for potential first-generation high school students at Tulane University in New Orleans. During her time with his program, whose participants live below poverty level, they consistently achieved a 100% college enrollment and a 73% college graduation rate, which is almost four times higher than the national average for students with socio-economic barriers. 

April talks with us about the importance to meet people where they are while envisioning the potential each individual embodies, finding ways to look past the barriers in front of us, how to serve others, listen deeper, and really realize that the individuals all around us connect a web to create a master piece.

April Rice is an educator by profession, but a teacher by heart. She likes to say that teaching is in her DNA. Her passion and love for others has motivated her through the last 20 years in education. She has a deep love to help the individual achieve their unique path toward education and life, regardless of circumstances, has blessed hundreds of people she has worked with over the years.

April received her bachelors in Heath Science Education at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, and a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration at Mississippi College along with certification in Life Coaching with an emphasis on trauma-induced coaching.

Her education career began in a Level 6 juvenile correctional facility in central Florida where she developed a love for marginalized and underserved students. Throughout her career, April has taught special education, science, STEM and engineering classes, developed dropout prevention programs, trained teachers, and served in administration capacities in the K-12 sector.