Program Success 20 Summer 2017
Estella ' s Brilliant Bus Estella Mims Pyfrom Mobile Instructional Technology Training for Under served Children Palm Beach , Florida Summer 2017
Estella Mims Pyfrom served as a K-12 classroom teacher for thirteen years , a Guidance Counselor for thirty one years , a Summer School Principal for two years and an Area Resource Teacher for the School District of Palm Beach County for six years . As an Area Resource Teacher , she was responsible for training staff , teaching students , implementing and monitoring programs through the Drug-Free Schools Department .
After forty-eight years of service to the Palm Beach County School District , Estella retired for two years , only to return back to the system as a classroom teacher and later as a Guidance Counselor . Estella returned with a passion to help under achieving and underprivileged children and families as well as culturally and economically disadvantaged children and families improve their lives . This unprecedented return was the seed planted that grew into the creation of Estella ' s Brilliant Bus .
Being born black , in the south , into poor families , Estella overcame the odds of segregation as a child but also overcame the Odds to climb the poverty ladder because she found a way out of the projects of poverty . During the past four years , Estella organized and operated 3 food pantries and is now a partner with Feeding South Florida , which is a regional branch of Feeding America , distributing food to approximately 3,000 individuals each month .