Houston Kraft

Houston Kraft has spent two decades in schools asking why belonging, behavior, and burnout keep getting treated as separate problems. In 2016, he cofounded CharacterStrong, now supporting over 12,000 schools across 50 states and 49 countries with evidence-backed curricula and professional learning. He's spoken at more than 700 campuses and events, written Deep Kindness and Be Kind, and appeared on everything from Good Morning America to CNN as an expert on creating a more kind world. His argument is simple: belonging isn't a soft outcome. It's the precondition for everything else.