The (Super-Seriously-Honest) Confessions of a High Schooler. Adaolisa Mbe was born in Miami, Florida and lived there her entire life until she joined the Edina A Better Chance program. Adaolisa’s parents immigrated from Nigeria in the late 90's and early 2000's and have 4 children. Adaolisa has an older brother who's at the University of Florida, a younger sister who's a junior at EHS, and a younger brother who's a freshman at her hometown high school.
She has been an Edina A Better Chance scholar for four years, but spent one year at home because of COVID.
She will graduate from Edina High School this June and will begin her university career at Harvard this fall.
MEETING LOCATION - The District Edina!! Next Vocation/Avocation Happy Hour is Wednesday, April 5, 2023. 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. meet and greet. Our speaker and host will be Ted Goltzman, Commonwealth Development Corporation Vice President of Development. He works with local and state agencies, community partners and private lenders and investors to develop affordable housing facilitating all aspects of the development process from site selection, financial structuring, construction, and project lease-up. Read more below or click 
An Edina Rotarian who leads the Edina Rotary Global Scholars program at Edina High School was named the 2023 AFS-USA Global Educator of the Year.