Equipping students with knowledge and skills for increased learning outcomes that equal practical, innovative, and adaptive livelihoods.
Instilling students with the values of servant leadership, growth mindsets, and critical thinking skills for supportive, ethical, and democratic governance.
Restoring lost identity by promoting learning from one another by teaching local and regional histories and cultures.
Despite the war, we continue to serve children and their communities by focusing on work that creates the greatest impact.
Everything we do is designed and created by the communities we serve to meet their greatest needs and desires.
We believe that the impossible becomes possible only through faith and love freely provided by Jesus Christ.
Ryan and Jazira started To Move Mountains after living years in Sudan’s conflict zone of the Nuba Mountains. Despite the war, children still walked to school in caves and under trees. Our founders wanted to support those desires for long-lasting change.
Ryan Boyette
Ryan leads To Move Mountains (TMM) with 19 years of experience living and working in Sudan’s conflict area of the Nuba Mountains. Ryan ensures our educational programs live out the vision and mission of TMM. Ryan has managed multiple humanitarian and Church based efforts within Sudan and South Sudan.
Ryan Boyette
Jazira Awad
Jazira is from the Nuba Mountains and has lived her entire life in war. Her struggle for education continued through the burning of her village, the bombing of her school, and famine. She is an inspiration to the entire team.
Jazira Awad
Laura Manni
Laura leads our teacher development college with a Masters of Education from Cambridge University and extensive experience. In addition to teaching classrooms of young children in 4 different countries, she has also trained teachers in 8 countries.
Laura Manni
Suzanne Nave
Suzanne has been an elementary and middle school educator for over twenty years and has taught children in three different US states in varying grade levels and all content areas. Suzanne brings a passion for innovative curriculum and a wide range of experiences in the field of education.
Suzanne Nave
Sache Crouch
Sache’s Masters Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and nearly 20 years of experience teaching English to diverse US and Costa Rica populations have prepared her for this complex role. Sache works on teacher development and curriculum design to ensure that our method aligns with best practices for English learning.
Sache Crouch
Stella Amonwy
As a trained teacher from Kyambogo University in Uganda, Stella has extensive experience teaching in her home county and the neighboring country of South Sudan since 2012. Her personal experience with conflict instantly connected her to our students while they were finishing high school where she was teaching.
Stella Amonwy
Ryan Boyette
Ryan leads To Move Mountains (TMM) with 19 years of experience living and working in Sudan’s conflict area of the Nuba Mountains. Ryan ensures our educational programs live out the vision and mission of TMM. Ryan has managed multiple humanitarian and Church based efforts within Sudan and South Sudan.
Jazira Awad
Jazira is from the Nuba Mountains and has lived her entire life in war. Her struggle for education continued through the burning of her village, the bombing of her school, and famine. She is an inspiration to the entire team.
Laura Manni
Laura leads our teacher development college with a Masters of Education from Cambridge University and extensive experience. In addition to teaching classrooms of young children in 4 different countries, she has also trained teachers in 8 countries.
Suzanne Nave
Suzanne has been an elementary and middle school educator for over twenty years and has taught children in three different US states in varying grade levels and all content areas. Suzanne brings a passion for innovative curriculum and a wide range of experiences in the field of education.
Sache Crouch
Sache’s Masters Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and nearly 20 years of experience teaching English to diverse US and Costa Rica populations have prepared her for this complex role. Sache works on teacher development and curriculum design to ensure that our method aligns with best practices for English learning.
