Kasey Hope has tapped into her educational training and passion for art into the P'zazz Art Studio in Pratt­ville, Ala. The studio, which opened in 2007, offers youth lessons after school and adult classes at night. "I feel like I have a calling to encourage kids and let them see that they have more abil­ity than they thought. Art builds confidence and self es­teem, and you can see the smiles on their faces," she said.

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