It’s often said that if a person were to time travel from a hundred years ago to today almost everything about our world would be unrecognizable except our schools, which would look largely the same. Isn’t that crazy? That the system we entrust to prepare young people for meaningful lives and which is the very foundation of our ability to solve future world challenges has hardly changed in the past one hundred years? The world is changing faster than ever before, and the future is one we can hardly begin to imagine, and yet our education system is stuck in neutral. For the sake of our young people who are expected to thrive in this uncertain future and for the sake of our world, which faces challenges and opportunities like never before, we must rethink education from the ground up, and we must do it now. This is Prisma’s purpose.
We, the founders, are repeat entrepreneurs who’ve spent most of our careers in technology. Like so many parents, our worldview changed upon the birth of our three children. Suddenly the world’s challenges and our rapidly changing future felt very urgent and very personal. How, we wondered, could we prepare our children to thrive in a tumultuous, ever-changing world where we can’t even begin to imagine the careers that will exist? We saw our young children’s passion for learning, joy for life, and supreme confidence and felt sure they’d be ok. But then we heard about older children who hated school, who struggled with anxiety or depression or bullying, who were shells of their former happy selves. Might this one day be our kids? This was the beginning of our quest to completely reimagine school. Prisma is for our children, and hopefully for yours too.
Victoria and Alain, founders of Prisma, are serial entrepreneurs who’ve spent most of their careers in technology. Like so many parents, their worldview changed upon the birth of their three children. Suddenly the world’s challenges and the rapidly changing future felt very urgent and very personal. How, they wondered, could they prepare their young children to thrive in a tumultuous, ever-changing world where they can’t even begin to imagine the careers that will exist? They saw their young children’s passion for learning, joy for life, and supreme confidence and felt sure they’d be ok. But then they heard about older children who hate school, who struggle with anxiety, depression, or bullying, who hardly resemble their former happy selves. Might this one day be their kids? This was the beginning of their quest to completely reimagine school. Prisma is for Victoria and Alain's children and, hopefully, for yours too.
We are looking for gutsy, humble, can-do, driven team players to join us. Have a look at our hiring needs.
We have chosen to enjoy the flexibility of our digitally interconnected world by not having a physical location. Our fully distributed team is located all over the US and internationally. For record-keeping purposes, we are headquartered in California, USA.
Prisma is open to all families that are able to operate within US timezones. As we grow, we plan to offer our model in other timezones.