Pay It Forward 365 is a professional development nonprofit organization with a mission to expose students grades 8–11 to the political, educational and opportunities in their local community. It is also our mission to develop community growth and personal enrichment of these students from the experience they will have having participated in our program.
Dr. Darrell Gill
President, CEO and Founder
Dr. Darrell Gill remembers those who made a difference in his life. There were many, but he pays tribute to them all. They helped him personally, spiritually, financially, and culturally. Dr. Gill feels a deep responsibility to pay it forward — which inspired him to create Pay It Forward 365 for marginalized youth to learn what he learned, that education yields opportunity.
Becoming a medical physician wasn’t always an obvious career direction, but once Dr. Gill made the decision, he applied himself completely the same way he hopes Pay It Forward 365 students will.
He earned a BA in liberal arts, followed by a Masters in philosophy. Dr. Gill manifests his love for the arts by playing trumpet, saxophone, and piano. His enthusiasm for fitness drives him to train year- round to compete in Olympic-style triathlons several times a year.
Dr. Gill thanks others for his success. Educational accomplishment played a crucial role, as did positive exposures to potential career opportunities. Now he hopes to pay it forward to your 8th to 11th grade students by helping them strive for the kind of success he has been fortunate to experience.
The more prepared students are for the future … the more knowledgeable they are about career options … and the more interested they are in pursuing a particular path — the better students they will become.