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The Haile L Alford (HLA) Foundation is a nonprofit that honors the life and legacy of the Honorable Haile L Alford. Inspired by the “effortless excellence” that Haile exhibited professionally and personally, her family created the foundation to ensure youth have access to positive examples, role models, and experiences that will both inspire and encourage excellence. Haile’s own inspiration to enter a career in law, a chance conversation with a female attorney that planted the seed “I could do that too”, led to history being made when Haile became Delaware's first African-American female Superior Court judge in 1992. This shows the power of exposure, example and inspiration.

We must ensure our children have access to these examples of excellence, and exposure to expansive experiences, in order to inspire them towards their own greatness.