Sam Ross

About Sam

• He went to school to be a doctor, following in his father's footsteps.
• While he did well in school, he didn't enjoy it; somewhere along the way, he'd fixated on this "crazy" idea to open a school for children.
• Green Chimneys is a therapeutic environment for children that haven't had success with traditional forms of education.
• His goals are to help his students reclaim their youth and to restore all possibilities for their futures.
• Says that, of course, if he'd followed the path of becoming a doctor, he probably wouldn't have gone through the struggles he'd faced.
• But, if he'd been a doctor, he would've always thought about that school for children, and dreamt of the "what ifs."
• Says that his school has stayed alive because he's taken risks that others were too scared to take.
• He's made some sacrifices, but when he sees children and families benefitting from his school, he knows they were all worth it.