Aspire Education Project took off to a running start in fall 2005, drawing from our founding director Matthew Hulse’s 15 years experience as an educator with a thriving private tutoring business. We began by offering a selection of services including the Piedmont After-School Program and at-home tutoring and standardized test training. We secured our 501(c)3 exempt status retroactive to June 26, 2006 and have detailed plans to expand the type of educational services we offer and broaden our geographic reach throughout the East Bay over the course of the next three years.