Yvette Pye

Dr. Pye is a Core Professor in the Ed.D. in Leadership program at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and Executive Coach of the University of St. Thomas’ Executive MBA. She is an award winning educator, author, and community advocate. Dr. Pye is the Founder of Dream Big Institute & The Pye Family Foundation for Literacy & Education. She received a MacArthur Foundation International Program of Peace and Cooperation fellowship. Dr. Pye published her memoir GOING From the Projects to PhD: Transcending My Geography in 2012 with a second printing in 2015. Her other works include, “Courage Under Fire: Handcuffed and Gagged by the Street”, and “Innovations in Mentoring: Many Faces of Chosen to Achieve.”