Why Paradiso exists
In a U.S. territory where access to quality K-12 education has been uneven for generations, the most consequential thing a person can do is help build the institutions that change a child's life.
Patrick is one of three co-founders of Paradiso College Preparatory, alongside Joshua Kruger and Brenton Nevarez. Paradiso is a network of tuition-free charter schools in Puerto Rico designed to deliver a rigorous, college-preparatory education to students of every background.
Paradiso operates a college-preparatory model currently serving grades five through ten, with one new upper-school grade added each year as the founding cohort matures. This deliberate build-up lets the school get every grade right before adding the next. The curriculum and faculty are selected to prepare every graduate for admission to a competitive four-year university, not as the exception but as the expectation.
Patrick raised $17 million of founding capital to launch the school, of which he contributed more than $2 million personally, and he serves on the board of its Charter Management Organization (CMO), the body that operates the school.