Our Mission

Our mission is to implement robust educational programs for teenagers and young adults that promote America-First principles that are focused on meeting the demands of our current society. We prohibit concepts and lessons centered around DEI, race or gender ideology, and other demographic demeaning subjects - so that we don’t fill our students or young adults with feelings of guilt or shame because of who they are. Instead, our programs focus on today’s relevant social & life skills, trade & career prep, and country liberties that will best prepare our teens and young adults to become great stewards of America!

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About AWE

I started ANTI-Woke EDU (AWE) Programs because I had a personal experience with having to deal with the negative associations afterschool programs were having on my daughter. No child or student should be forced to sit through these so-called “woke” lesson plans that attack a student’s heritage, ancestry, mental or their physical ability. Enough is enough…

Having the experience and background in Corporate education, I finally decided to do something about the current state of our youth educational programming - at least with afterschool programs (we have bigger goals for the future). With the help and support of a few like-minded individuals, ANTI-Woke EDU is now ready to deploy educational programs with over 25 different lesson topics - both in-person and virtually!

If you are a parent in need of additional options in afterschool programming or just want to gain exposure to learning programs and subjects more fit for the world we live in today, please don’t hesitate to sign-up for one of our programs today. Thank you for taking the time to review our site today and I look forward to working with you and your students!

- Sarah Barton, Founder
(Pictured on Gots2BNC Podcast)

  • Founder / Director

    Sarah is a former corporate executive with more than 10 years of experience in Program Management - and the last few years spent training new executives on how to effectively serve as a Board of Director. Sarah loves to educate, and started AWE to continue to serve in that purpose - but now with youth and young adults. Sarah personally recruited all members of AWE, including the Board of Directors, and is looking to spread AWE to a national audience. Sarah and her daughter Callie reside in North Carolina with their dog Marley and their cat Binxy.

  • Enrollment & Accounting

    A seasoned entrepreneur in graphic design, Ramón comes to AWE by way of relationship to Sarah - as both have successfully worked together in past roles in Fortune 500 companies. When AWE needed a graphic designer and an accounting specialist, Ramón did not hesitate to help - but is also supporting enrollment and some facilitation with AWE as a back-up to Sarah and Ashleigh. Ramón also serves as a Board Member for AWE. Ramón recently lost his dog Cinnamon to a car accident, but she is still with him. ❤️

  • Program Lead / Instructor

    Ashleigh has 15 years of experience as a high school teacher, showing a great passion for developing lesson programs and facilitation. Ashleigh leads all program development and also serve as an additional instructor alongside Sarah and Ramón. Ashleigh is also a proud Dog Mom, with two (2) Great Danes, Rocko and Sam.