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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most are aware of America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) organization, formed by a partnership between congress, the SBA, private sponsorship, universities and regional governments.

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 ...

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 ...