In Chapter 22 of 22 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, elementary charter school network CEO Preston Smith answers "How Are Your Personal Priorities Changing As You Get Older?" Smith shares how he is learning to take better care of himself to make sure he is capable of serving his family and business. Raising two kids and going through a burst appendix health scare, Smith makes a point to set personal wellbeing priorities and routines to keep balanced in how he lives his life.
Preston Smith is co-founder and CEO of Rocketship Education, the highest performing low-income school system in California. After graduating the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Smith joined Teach for America. After three years teaching 1st Grade, he founded a district school in San Jose and became its principal. Smith was selected as a member of the 2010 class of Aspen Institute New Schools Fellows.