ABOUT US
Yucca Palm was founded on a simple idea: lasting change doesn't happen to communities—it happens with them.
Every school community has its own strengths, challenges, and vision for what it can become.
Yucca Palm was created to help school leaders turn that potential into meaningful change. We bring educators, students, and families into the process, building on their experiences and perspectives to develop solutions that reflect the needs of their community.
OUR ORIGIN
Jason Cowan and Amber Coury, co-founders of Yucca Palm Mutualism, met while working at the same school. Though they worked in different departments, they repeatedly found themselves collaborating around the same question:
What happens when schools create space for honest reflection, meaningful dialogue, and shared ownership?
Their experiences working within schools became the foundation of Yucca Palm, grounded in the belief that lasting change begins with the people who make up a school community.