Nate Anderson/ Getting out of the Middle/ Ignite@ASU #4

Nate Anderson is the authentically over-flowing Founder and Executive Director of Ear Candy Charity. He is not a musician, a teacher, or a parent, yet his passion to share music coupled with his skills as an entrepreneur have created an organization impacting thousands of youth annually. In a short amount a time Nate has created a sustainable, community driven organization to address the need for music education in Arizona, which is a state nearly last in per person educational funding. Nate has been deemed the Best Sales Person of a Good Cause by the Phoenix New Times, recognized in the Business Journal's 40 under 40, and a recipient of the Hon Kachina award for his work as a progressive Social Entrepreneur.

In January 2012 Ear Candy will be debuting an Online Instrument Donation System which allow instrument donors to choose a music program where there donation will impact student. To date Ear Candy has impacted nearly 15,000 youth in the valley by being in the "middle" of this donation process by having physical donation sites and constructing a crazy web of logistics. It's time to get out of the middle and unleash the potential of the Ear Candy mission of providing youth access to music education!

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