Educating The World Is A Homeless Man's Passion

World Mentoring Academy, 700 Free online University courses, 170 with College credit was started by a Long Beach Homeless man. Living on Food Stamps, $50, a sleeping bag, bicycle, cel, laptop and free wifi from Starbucks, He thinks he has the solution to Education.

Homeless by choice; educator to the world

Via OC Register

LONG BEACH – Michael Williams peers out of the dense foliage that envelops one side of a busy, four-lane roadway.

The roar of passing cars is unrelenting, but Williams insists there’s a certain tranquility to this spot – a canopy of trees above, a soft bed of brown leaves below. It’s his home.

“I can look out, but if you look in, you can’t see anything,” says William, 55. “It’s fun, adventurous; a challenge.”

When Williams wakes up each morning he rolls up his sleeping bag and foam mat, moves them to a hidden spot, and walks or bikes to a Starbucks at the Long Beach Towne Center.

He orders a $1.95 venti cup of blond roast, sits down at his favorite table and pulls out his laptop.

For the next 12-plus hours, until the coffee shop closes at midnight, Williams conducts his day’s work – not as a Starbucks barista, but as the founder and sole employee of an online learning platform called World Mentoring Academy.

Using Starbucks’ free WiFi connection, Williams culls hundreds of free online ..... see story here Friday 8/23 OC Register Front page Story