At Celerity, we firmly believe that all students can grow and thrive when experienced teachers bring engaging curriculum, challenging learning activities, and high expectations to the classroom.

The Celerity Educational Group is a non-profit organization, that serves Los Angeles-area schools, children and families. Our mission is to provide quality education in under-served communities by creating alternative schools that focus on the potential of every child.

Our first school opened September 2005 in the Jefferson Park Community. The Celerity schools have joined with community leaders to issue a change for the youth in the communities we serve. Celerity Dyad Charter School and Celerity Troika Charter School were opened in September 2007 to better serve our mission of creating quality and equality in education across greater Los Angeles.

We welcome you to our site and invite you to learn more about the people and the vision behind the Celerity Educational Group.

Board of Directors

Myrtle Franklin, Board Member
Ms. Franklin holds Master of Arts Degrees in Education Administration and Special Education and has more than three decades of experience in the public school system. As a school administrator and secondary teacher, Ms. Franklin has worked with students and teachers at the elementary and secondary level.

Dana Walden, Executive Director of The Dream Project
Prior to his current position he was co-owner of Laurel Canyon Animal Company(LCAC) and still is a principal Producer and founder of Enlightened Innertainment (EI). LCAC is a record label that specializes in fund raising for animal rescue organizations and student awareness programs in middle schools. EI creates media that educates and entertains. Mr. Walden has experience working within the non-profit model as well as hands on in the classroom. He has created media (visual and audio) products and projects that have reached millions of people worldwide. Mr. Walden specializes in managing the visionary and creating programs that can be sustainably actualized.

Curt Hessler, Board Member
Mr. Hessler is an attorney and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy; Executive Director of President Carter's Economic Policy Group; and Assocaite Director of the President's Office of Management and Budget. In addition he has over two decades experience at the CEO/Board-level leadership in the media and IT industries and is a Professor at the UCLA School of Law with extensive experience in finance, strategic development, and law.