About Us

TalkingPoints is an education technology nonprofit with a mission to drive student success by using accessible technology to unlock the potential of family engagement in children’s education.
Our multilingual technology platform connects and empowers families and teachers by using human and AI-powered, two-way translated communication and personalized content. This unique approach eliminates barriers including language, time, mindsets, and capacity to foster strong family engagement in development of students’ academic success.

Our story

Heejae founded TalkingPoints based on her personal experience growing up as a Korean immigrant student and seeing her mother make a difference in her education because she had the ‘voice’ to do so. Because of this, Heejae realized three things.

First, that her story was not unique. There are 40 million students here, growing up in underserved and immigrant communities.

Second, that her experience was a data point that is supported by academic research. Children spend most of their time outside of school, and research shows that the influence of families on their children’s learning depends on much more than their financial wealth.

Third, that there are real challenges when it comes to supporting your child’s education if you’re an immigrant family – challenges that can include working multiple jobs to put food on the table, speaking limited English, and feeling overwhelmed by the US school system.

Most importantly, every parent’s love for their children is universal. The difference between Heejae’s mother and her friends’ parents wasn’t love, but the skills and tools to support them.

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Our mission

Our mission is to drive student success by unlocking the potential of families to fuel their children’s learning, especially in under-resourced communities. We do this by building meaningful connections between schools, teachers and families through accessible technology.

Our vision

We want every child to have the support needed to learn, grow and succeed.
We want every family member to be empowered to be partners in their children’s education.
We want teachers and schools to be successful in supporting families.
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TalkingPoints is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization

Contributions to TalkingPoints are tax-deductible. Our tax identification number is 47-4616102

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