Omo Moses was born in Tanzania, East Africa in 1972. He is the former Executive Director and founding member of the Young People's Project (YPP), a national non-profit organization that utilizes math to prepare students to succeed in school and in life. Omo founded MathTalk to inspire adults and kids, particularly those from economically distressed neighborhoods, to enjoy math everywhere! One of four siblings, Omo grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, attended the University of Pittsburgh and George Washington University on basketball scholarship. Omo is the producer of Finding Our Folk, an award-winning student-filmed documentary featuring the Grammy nominated Hot 8 Brass Band that tells the story of members of YPP who organized themselves and others to respond to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Omo is the father of two precocious little ones, Johari who is 7, and Kamara who is 5.