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Wes Moore (born 1978〔("About the Author" ), www.theotherwesmoore.com, accessed July 15, 2015.〕) Wes Moore is an American author, social entrepreneur, producer, political analyst, and decorated US Army officer. He is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network and the Executive Producer/ Writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS. Currently, Wes is the Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU. BridgeEdU is a social enterprise dedicated to reinventing the Freshman Year and creating a softer on-ramp to higher education for students entering their freshman year of college. ==Early life and education== Moore was born in Maryland to father Westley, a journalist and newscaster, and mother Joy, a native of Lowe River, Jamaica. When Moore was three, he witnessed his father’s death. After his father’s passing, Wes’s mother took him and his two sisters to live in the Bronx with their grandparents. While there, and with a lot of sacrifice, Wes attended Riverdale Country School. At Riverdale, Wes encountered academic and disciplinary struggles. When Wes’s grades declined and he became involved in petty crime, his mother enrolled him in Valley Forge Military Academy. After High School, Wes graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge Military College, a Junior College in Pennsylvania. He went on to attend Johns Hopkins University and graduated in 2001. Immediately after, he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar where he earned a Masters Degree in International Relations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wes Moore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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