My name is Teto Wilson, I’m a North Minneapolis Businessman whose owned Wilson’s Image Barbers and Stylists for 13 years. Living & working in North Minneapolis has allowed me to see & experience the despair, hope and resolute of the residents as well as the promises & failures of those elected to make all of Minneapolis a thriving city. Amongst many other important measures, Minnesota has the widest educational achievement gaps in the nation between White and Black students.

The education system here is failing our black & brown students. I decided to get involved to help spur a positive change. In 2016 Minneapolis Public Schools was going through the process of hiring a new Superintendent. With the demands of the NAACP and residents of the city, the Minneapolis School Board set up a committee of community residents to help select the new superintendent. I was selected to serve on that committee. We elected our current Ed Graff our current Superintendent. Watching how things were going in education after this selection, I still felt that I needed to do more, so in May of 2018 I started the Wilson’s Image College Scholarship.