My name is Alla Matusov, and I am the founder of the Routenstein Foundation and Ivy League Royal Academy.
From early childhood to young adulthood, a time of overwhelming wishes and little patience I had many dreams one after the other. I dreamt of being a ballerina, an actress, an opera singer, but I became a scientist and eventually an educator. I raised my son and nurtured him to have the greatest opportunity for accomplishment. I realized that the foundation for success begins with a strong education and upbringing. There are many children who do not have opportunities to pursue their dreams. That frightening thought alone led to the creation of Routenstein Foundation and Ivy League Royal Academy.
A long time ago, I read a novel called Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (an amazing person and writer). At the end of the book, riding on the train, the narrator sees hundreds of Polish workmen sent home from France. He writes: “What torments me is not the humps nor hollows nor the ugliness. It is the sight, a little bit in all these men, of Mozart murdered.”
As I recall this passage, a question occurs. If not me, then who… Who will take care of these children’s dream, and foster their inner Mozart?
Sincerely,
Alla Matusov
Routenstein Foundation 