Pyfrom used her retirement money to buy and customize a bus and outfit it with computers, creating a mobile classroom that she called Estella’s Brilliant Bus. Estella Pyfrom, 80, grew up very poor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BELLE GLADE — Schools were still segregated when Willie and Estella Pyfrom began teaching in The Glades. The couple dedicated ...

When Estella Pyfrom left a career in teaching she wasn’t ready to retire — or “sit in a rocking chair,” as she likes to say. Instead, she cashed out her retirement savings, bought a bus, outfitted it ...

Working as a guidance counselor five years ago in Palm Beach County, Estella Pyfrom noticed that fewer students had access to a computer after school. The sluggish economy forced many families to ...

Estella Mims Pyfrom was born in Quincy, Fla. and grew up in Belle Glade, Fla. She began her college career at, A & M University in Tallahassee, Fla., where she earned her B.S. Degree and Master’s ...

At the 2014 ESSENCE Festival, we hosted our first-ever #YESWECODE Tech Village, an all-day event featuring community leaders, thinkers and technical training and mentoring organizations working to ...

Estella Pyfrom, a daughter of farmworkers who grew up in Belle Glade and capped a career in education by coming out of retirement and bringing computer technology to the underserved, has died at age ...

(UPI) -- After retiring in 2009, former guidance counselor Estella Pyfrom dipped into her savings to purchase a bus, fill it with computers and create a mobile computer lab for students in Palm Beach ...

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Retired Palm Beach County school district employee Estella Pyfrom is being nationally recognized by L’Oreal Paris for her charitable work.Pyfrom started “Estella’s Brilliant Bus,” a non-profit ...

BELLE GLADE — Schools were still segregated when Willie and Estella Pyfrom began teaching in The Glades. The couple dedicated their lives to educating children in western Palm Beach County, where they ...

Estella Pyfrom, a daughter of farmworkers who grew up in Belle Glade and capped a career in education by coming out of retirement and bringing computer technology to the underserved, has died at age ...