The real Miss Virginia Walden Ford is a well-known Black activist who led the fight for parent empowerment and created new educational opportunities for underserved children and their families. Laszlo holds a law degree from Whittier Law School and a joint BA degree in History and English from University of California, Riverside.Smith received his J.D.
She has been a member of the Walden team since 2001. She is also author of more than thirty children’s books, both fiction and non-fiction.Chief Operating Officer | Anschutz Film Group and Walden MediaBefore joining Walden, Lazslo was counsel in Universal Pictures’ motion picture legal department for five years, where he was responsible for legal support for a wide range of business units, including development projects, productions at various stages, management of term deals and support for corporate legal matters.Jones received his MBA from UCLA and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Pepperdine University.Prior to AFG, Jones was Executive Director of Finance at Lionsgate as well as MGM Entertainment, overseeing deal analysis and FP&A.Laszlo’s first studio position was at DreamWorks in 1999 working with Laura Fox, then head of motion picture business and legal affairs for the company founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Knowing that her son deserved better, she embodied her parents' spirit to fight for her son's education, as well as other Black children in the DC neighborhood where they were living.At a great personal risk, Virginia formed a grassroots organization called the DC Parents for School Choice. Along with neighborhood parents, and some national educational organizers and lawmakers, she succeeded in convincing Congress and George W. Bush to enact the Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income children, the first program of its kind in the nation. Era fuori di prigione in licenza al momento dell’attentato. Although Virginia Walden Ford always watched nervously from her car until she saw that William, her problem son, actually had entered the school building before driving off to work, the dreaded call came anyway: William had not shown up for school. from New England Law and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Pepperdine University. Kovacs initiated Walden’s involvement in publishing by producing companion books based on James Cameron’s Ghosts of the Abyss (2003). In fact, she worried that her own son, William, was falling through the cracks of a system that wasn’t focused on the best interests of children.After the program’s passage, Virginia worked to encourage families to learn more about their school choice options, conducting information sessions across the city.