Chauce Coxon

I am 17 years old.
My whole life I have known that the mainstream school system needs a major re-building and is truly not teaching our children anything of value. I even knew this in pre-school, when my mom had to literally pay me to go to school. After my first year of high school, I finally had the confidence to ''fly out of school'' because instead of dropping out, I was reaching greater heights than I ever could in regular school. I decided to build my own school. When I met Blackhorse Shasta, a co-founder and executive director at Circle of Children Village School, I instantly knew that we shared the same vision for a village and school model that we will build around the world.

In April of 2012, as I transitioned out of mainstream school, I began to build a NEW school with Blackhorse on Triangle Lake in Oregon. Here we were recently gifted 60 acres of lake front property with a fully developed conference center. I instantly began building a garden and now am the steward of the garden and food forest. At Circle, I have learned how to do things I never thought I could do, such as website editing, designing/organizing and manifesting several programs, managing a very large garden, co-stewarding a whole community. Most importantly I have learned how to follow my dreams, listen to my heart, and let my intuition guide me! I have learned how to inspire other and encourage them to awaken their inner child, to empower people to live to their fullest potential. I have learned, through gardening and community building, how to THRIVE!!