My family immigrated from Holland and Germany in the early to mid 20th century in search of food and freedom. My German grandmother ran away from her family’s farm in upstate NY to earn a degree in library sciences. She met my Dutch grandfather at university. Both graduated and built lives more prosperous, yet humble, than their families could have imagined. They now believe deeply in the power of education, particularly public education which opened opportunities to them that never would have been available in their immigrant farming communities.