Our story
“We work, we sweat, so that every kid has a fighting chance”
Hi there!
We are TeeRead, a team of passionate people dedicated to make the reading crisis a problem of the past. I’m Trini, TeeRead’s founder and CEO.
TeeRead was born in Chicago, IL after I learned something that stopped me cold— 65% of our kids in America can’t read proficiently. This means that 65% of our kids can’t learn independently or properly explore and understand new ideas.
I couldn’t believe it; how can children even hope for a bright future if they can’t read proficiently?
Pledging to do something about this, I consulted with teachers across the country to determine how I could help.
Teachers showed me the path
Having been a teacher assistant at a local school during college, I knew that the real changemakers are the women and men showing up in classrooms every day to teach our children.
The frustrations of the teachers I spoke with were clear.
They told me they would be much more effective if they could continually tailor instruction by individually testing each student’s reading fluency and comprehension.
But this would require an extra full day of work every week—impossible! They were already working overtime.
And I thought… wait a second. If Alexa can listen to my voice, create a to-do list, and buy my groceries, why can’t I use the same core AI and speech recognition technology to help those shaping our kids’ futures? Why can’t I make such technology accessible at scale all around the world to end the literacy crisis?
This is how TeeRead was born, and with that our mission.
Our point of view
We dream of a world in which all children can become whomever they want to be, regardless of their background. We know that besides fulfilling their basic human needs, all children must develop their minds, growing into adults who are free to choose and create the lives that they envision.
This journey starts with reading.
Reading is the stepping-stone to learning; it’s the key to opening possibilities, allowing our children to dream a bright future and believe they can make it happen.
At TeeRead, we sweat and fight to create a world in which every child can read, giving all children a fighting chance to reach their potential and freely choose their future.
This isn’t just a dream; it’s our objective. Let’s make the literacy crisis a problem of the past, because for us every kid counts.
Our values
Create for a free future
We have the power to change the world. We work and we sweat to go beyond what is established, providing new tools that enable children to become free adults
Support teachers
We want to support teachers in every way we can, they are the key to the future of our kids, and so, they must be cherished and recognized
Nurture co-creation
We can’t do this alone. We work with teachers, families, communities and anyone who shares our dream
Eternal student
We are always learning and improving, evolving with students, teachers and technologies. We are humble and constantly seek feedback
Value creators
In a world where more tools don’t mean more help, we must provide real assistance. It’s our responsibility to give it our all
Global & diverse
Our purpose is worldwide, we will not rest until every child in the world can read, no matter where they come from
“Literacy is the first step towards freedom, towards liberation from social and economic constraints. It is the prerequisite for development, both individual and collective...”
Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay