Lisa Laine Miller, began her journey as an artist struggling to make ends meet. Unbelievably, two of her high school art teachers personally contributed to her first college courses and the inspiration for the future Tenfold Initiative was born. Through this, we were inspired to create The Tenfold Initiative to honor the dedicated teachers and mentors in our lives. Particularly, Lisa’s own high school art teacher, Jan Dewey, who leaves an everlasting impact nearly 20 years later.

Our first endeavor was to award a central Ohio high school graduate a $1500 scholarship. Jan Dewey served as one of four judges and after three hours of deliberation, the first Tenfold scholarship winner was chosen.

This initiative is our way of extending our creative partnerships beyond the workplace and into the classroom.” LaineGabriel is pleased to have the opportunity to pay back the generosity shown by teachers, such as Jan, everywhere, and pay it forward – Tenfold.