Steve Finesilver

Steve Finesilver has been a teacher and coach at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado since 1987, the same school he attended as a youth. The city of Denver has undergone tremendous change during his forty-four-year tenure. His intensive lifelong experience guiding, mentoring, and assisting children and families gives him direct, unfiltered insight into how our struggling schools can be helped, for the health and benefit of our children and our society.

Coach Finesilver has invested in the lives of youth and their families by starting two programs. Jobs by George, founded in 1993, is likely the longest-running non-funded youth employment program in the nation. Denver Youth Initiative is gaining momentum and will impact our city and youth as well. This book is a twenty-year project that will have wide-ranging appeal to parents, students, current and future educators, and the public. Coach Fino believes that together we can be the voice of change and improvement in our large-city educational systems across the country.

Besides his work in the schools, he and his wife have raised a village of their own, investing in the futures of their seven children and embracing those in their community.

Get involved: Denveryouthinitiative.org

Speaking engagements: Contact Coach at finosbf@yahoo.com