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Theory of Change
A methodology forged through lived experience—not theory. Proven across three generations. Documented by three decades of media coverage.
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Public Housing Origins
1970s
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Education Breakthrough
1990s
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Public Service
1999
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Generational Transfer
2010s
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Systems Change
Today
I didn't read this in a book.
I didn't see it on television.
I didn't hear it on a podcast.
I didn't scroll past it on social media.
I didn't watch it on YouTube.
I lived it.
Books
Television
Podcasts
Social Media
YouTube
This theory of change was forged in struggle , refined through decades of work , and validated across three generations of my own family—all documented in real-time by journalists who chronicled the journey.
📰 The Documented Journey
Media coverage spanning 30 years that chronicles the transformation—the proof that this methodology works.
1995
🌱 Origins
1995
📚 Education
Dreams Keep Law Student Reaching
Kansas City Star Read Article →1999
🏛️ Public Service
Candidate Achieves Much at Young Age
Kansas City Star Read Article →2001
👨👩👧 Family
Nash Helps His Mother Enroll In College
Kansas City Star Read Article →2001
✨ Transformation
A Promise Fulfilled
Kansas City Star Read Article →2022
🌟 Next Generation
Arielle Nash: 20 In Their Twenties
Ingram's Magazine Read Article →2022
🎓 Academic
Air Force Veteran Increases Affordable Housing
USC Online Read Article →2022
🏆 Recognition
The Nash Group: A Higher Calling
Savoy Magazine Read Article → Why This Matters
Why This Work Is Personal
I grew up in public housing. I watched my mother struggle. I understood what it meant to have systems work against you—not because I studied it, but because I navigated it every single day.
Then I discovered something: with the right knowledge, the right support, and the right persistence, those systems could be transformed from barriers into bridges. I earned nine degrees. I served on a City Council. I built companies. I helped my mother go back to college. I'm watching my daughter Arielle build on that foundation, and my grandson Asher represents the fourth generation of transformation.
"The methodology that transformed one family can transform thousands. That's not hope—that's proof. Three generations. Thirty years of documentation. This is what change looks like when you live it." — Dr. Troy Nash, Founder & CEO
This is why the Foundation exists. Not to apply someone else's theory. Not to replicate a framework from a textbook. But to scale the exact methodology that has already proven to work—across three generations of my own family, documented in real-time by journalists, and ready to be deployed for thousands more.
The Nash Theory of Change
Input
Identify
Recognize systemic barriers in housing, health, economics, technology, civic life, and environment
Activity
Educate
Deliver 21 courses across 6 life domains through the From Struggle to Success Academy
Output
Empower
Build knowledge, skills, and confidence to navigate and transform systems
Outcome
Transform
Create measurable improvements in housing stability, health, wealth, and civic participation
Impact
Scale
Transfer methodology to next generation and expand to transform communities
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