With research showing that 77 percent of Americans now own a smartphone, the $7M Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE presented by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the $1M Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition aim to dramatically change the way the U.S. meets the needs of the 36 million adults with low literacy skills, by tackling the largest obstacles to achieving basic literacy — access, retention and scale.

Writer: Pete Zagone
Director: Sam Azghandi 
Producer: MAM Literacy Advance of Houston 
Director of Photography: Sam Azghandi 
Production Designer: Colleen Mayer
Editor & Sound Designer: Sam Azghandi 

Winner of XPRIZE Competition