As a former Spanish and Arabic linguist for the 101st Airborne Division, and former ESL instructor (at the age of 19) in Bogotá, Colombia, I had a moment of insight when my 8 year old son was struggling to learn how to read going into 2nd grade. That insight, specifically, that the ancient system of diacritic vowels used by the Greeks, Arabs, Hebrews and Persians, could be applied to English, in order to aid new readers in the decoding of English words, led me on a now 17 year journey to deliver a patented, 12 hour literacy app to millions of underprivileged and underserved children in America and the world. I have seen the fragile, flickering light of learning go on, and I have seen the light go out, in hundreds, if not thousands of children's minds. And I have asked the question: "How has the 'Greatest Country in the World' somehow lost the abilty to teach its own children how to read?" And I have made it my life purpose to end that injustice.