We believe that 21st century education should prepare young people for the fast paced ever evolving future that lies ahead, where uncertainty is the only constant. We founded Bravo! because we wanted to offer our community the option we believe best meets the criteria for such an education, based in the Acton Academy model. We want to equip our children not only to thrive in an uncertain future, but also to help shape our world for the better.
Bravo! is centrally located on a private forest of 17 hectares, located near Rancho Avándaro, 30 minutes outside the town of Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
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Mar is a multidisciplinary artist who started as an interior designer and has been expanding through the exploration of textiles, natural dyes, flower arrangements, and interactive installations. She thrives when teaching her crafts and producing events and special pieces.
Her work is driven by her sensitivity and curiosity. And through the exploration of her own Hero's Journey she finds peace in being present and in connection with nature. Here is where she finds hope for a future in which connection, mindfulness and play are the key to living a purposeful life.
Adrian is a life long learner and father of two beautiful children. He is a self taught audiovisual/interactive artist and entrepreneur. He made a video game called Kerbal Space Program. Currently, he also does natural building and timber framing, which he is applying to building Bravo! He loves to tackle new problems in unknown territories and be constantly challenged, always trying to place himself in a beginner's mind with lots to learn.
Jeff Sandefer lives a dual life as an entrepreneur and a Socratic Guide. As an entrepreneur, he founded his first company at age 16 and went on to found or co-found seven successful businesses. As a Socratic teacher at the University of Texas, Jeff’s students five times voted him the school’s Outstanding Teacher and Businessweek named him one of the top Entrepreneurship professors in America.
Jeff went on to co-found the Acton School of Business, an MBA program perennially ranked by the Princeton Review among the best in the nation. In 2012 The Economist honored him as one of the top fifteen Business School professors in the world.
Jeff is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, where he served for over twenty years on the school’s governing committees. He was a longtime director of the Philanthropy Roundtable and National Review magazine and one of the youngest members ever elected to the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
Laura lived on both US coasts and in between as a child, then settled into Vanderbilt University for her undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Science. After being awarded the highly competitive Walter Wattles Fellowship at Lloyd’s of London, Laura worked in the aviation insurance industry in New York City.
Deciding to follow her calling into the world of education, Laura returned to Nashville and earned her Master of Education at Peabody College. This led her to her work at the Oklahoma Arts Institute, creating fine arts education programs for teachers and talented high school students.
Laura married Jeff Sandefer and is the happy mother of Sam and Charlie and step-mother to Taite. It is the inspiration of these children that led Laura and Jeff to co-found Acton Academy.
Her greatest hero is her mother who was a Master Teacher. Her wisest mentor is her father who sent her off to college with two words of advice: "Be curious."
Begin a Hero’s Journey.
Become a curious, independent, life-long learner.
Embrace the forging of a strong character.
Cherish the arts, the physical world, and the mysteries of life.
Treasure economic, political, and religious freedom.
Discover precious gifts and a commitment to mastery.
We believe each person has a gift that can change the world in a profound way.
We believe in learning to learn, learning to do, and learning to be.
We believe in a closely connected family of life-long learners.
We believe in economic, political, and religious freedom.
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