It is a great privilege to celebrate the accomplishments of AmeriCorps members of the past and imagine the tremendous potential of the next million members. I served as a sixth grade math teacher with Teach for America at LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden, NJ, where I had the honor of teaching and learning from amazing young people and their families. My experience with AmeriCorps reinvigorated my believe that we need to do more to ensure that every child in America receives a high quality education. And, working alongside inspirational children, families, community members and dedicated educators provided me hope that that challenge is not insurmountable. But, that responsibility falls on all our shoulders. That is why after my AmeriCorps service with TFA, I taught while also serving in the Marine Corps Reserves. Currently, I am a graduate student at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA and, like Cory, the recipient of a NASA Education Fellowship to conduct research at NASA Langley over the next two years. I am Patrick Heaney and I am one of one million.