Our Mission
Our vision is to empower teens with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to build successful, independent futures. We believe every young person deserves the opportunity to DREAM BIG, plan smart, and take charge of their lives. Through practical resources and engaging guidance, we aim to bridge the gap between education and real-world skills, helping teens navigate their journey to adulthood with clarity and purpose.
Our Vision
A world where every teen has the skills and confidence to achieve their dreams and thrive independently.
Our Books
The Dream Bigger series is designed to give teens the real-world skills they need to thrive in adulthood. Each book includes four interactive lessons paired with QR codes that link to trusted websites, guiding users to research and explore the topics needed for each assignment. Along with daily tracking and reflection pages, this format ensures a hands-on, engaging learning experience.
Perfect for educators, parents, and organizations, the series makes it easy to teach essential skills like budgeting, career planning, and financial literacy in a structured, approachable way. Use each book for a month of weekly lessons or the full series for a comprehensive three-month curriculum.
WORKING TOGETHER
For Educators, Parents, and Organizations
For Educators
The Dream Bigger series is a practical tool for teachers to teach real-world skills like budgeting, career planning, and financial literacy.
For Organizations
The Dream Bigger series is perfect for workshops, mentorships, and group activities, helping teens build financial literacy and career readiness.
For Parents
The Dream Bigger series helps guide your teen through life skills with practical exercises, sparking conversations about money, careers, and their future.
Recent Buys Say:
Wyoming Melody
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource for teens
This book is an excellent resource for teens! It includes tools that combine practical exercises with technology like QR codes which can be highly engaging for younger generations. I bought several for my young teenage grandchildren in hopes of encouraging them to think about their future, plan financially, stay organized, and to provide a well-rounded foundation for real-world skills. I highly recommend it!
Tiara
5.0 out of 5 stars
PORTABLE INSPIRATION !
This concise guide is the perfect nudge for teens who think they know it all, but might still need some real-life coaching. Written in an inspirational tone, Dream Bigger helped show some younger family members what moving out would *really* cost- and helped them get ready for that.
We will be ordering many more of these as holiday gifts for friends with high-school-aged kids.
Wish this was around when I was a teen!
Absolutely invaluable information! Kids aren’t taught life skills in school anymore and not everyone is able to get this information at home. Dream Bigger is the perfect workbook to help teens think through and plan life after leaving home. This is the PERFECT graduation gift!
About The Founder
Shannon Thompson knows firsthand the challenges teens face as they prepare for adulthood. Having aged out of foster care herself, Shannon struggled with navigating finances and finding her footing in the real world. Her experiences as a troubled teen and the lessons she learned along the way inspire her mission to empower young people to avoid the same pitfalls.
Through the Dream Bigger series, Shannon provides teens with practical tools and guidance to build confidence, independence, and a brighter future. She believes every teen, no matter their circumstances, deserves the chance to dream big and take charge of their life.
"I created this series because I know what it’s like to feel unprepared for adulthood. My goal is to give teens the resources I wish I’d had, so they can succeed where I struggled."