Hop2It Solutions

06/03/2026

✨ Something big is coming.

I have spent 25 years in classrooms, hallways, and barbershops learning what happens when young people have a dream — and what is lost when they don't.

A Boss Called Dream is the story of every tool that kept me climbing when I had every reason to stop — and a guide for anyone who wants to help the next generation do the same.
🎓 For students. For parents. For educators. For the dreamers who almost gave up.

Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're ready. Available June 4th through Amazon!!!

05/29/2026

My mother, Sharon Elizabeth Hopper, passed away a few months before my sixth birthday. My dad, Leonard Larry Hopper, passed my freshman year of high school. I carry enough memories to last a lifetime. They believed in me before I had done a single thing worth believing in.

On June 4th, 2026 — her birthday (June also being the month we celebrate Father's Day)— the print edition of, A Boss Called Dream: Equipping a Generation with Tools to Thrive, Win & Become, will be released.

There is no date I could have chosen that would mean more.
The Kindle version is available RIGHT NOW on Amazon ➡️ https://a.co/d/00GUMPPW

Every word in this book is the fruit of seeds she and my father planted. I am still climbing. I have not set down on the steps.
Share this with someone whose parents believed in them before they believed in themselves.

Official book launch party coming October 2026!!!

05/28/2026

In 2023, several months before defending my doctoral dissertation, my wife and I were walking through a mall in Charlotte. I spotted a T-shirt that stopped me in my tracks. It read: Always D.O.P.E. — Dreaming. Overachieving. Planning. Evolving. I had to have it because that shirt said in four words what I have been trying to live my entire life.

I believe we are all born D.O.P.E. But somewhere along the journey, the high fades. The dream gets quiet. The mundane takes over. And too many of our young people never get the tools they need to reignite what was always inside them.

A Boss Called Dream: Equipping a Generation with Tools to Thrive, Win & Become is my answer to that problem. It is part memoir, part research, and part practical toolkit — and it is available RIGHT NOW on Amazon Kindle. The print edition drops June 4th, 2026. https://a.co/d/07sXUgyH

Tag someone who is still D.O.P.E. — even if they have forgotten it.

05/25/2026

This is for any young kings interested in the medical field!!!

The Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund is in need of candidates who are interested in pursuing medical and dental professions.

05/18/2026

“Dreams are not a luxury reserved for the privileged few. They are the fuel that powers focus, the anchors that steady self-discipline, and the quiet force that refuses to let potential go to waste.” © 2025

05/17/2026

Coming soon!!!! A Boss Called Dream: Equipping a Generation with Tools to Thrive, Win & Become is the book I wish someone had handed me when I was a kid navigating loss, uncertainty, and a future I couldn't see yet. It is also the book I have spent 25 years in education preparing to write.

If you are a teen, a parent, an educator, a mentor, or simply someone who has misplaced their dream somewhere along the way, this book is for you.

Stay tuned for the release date. In the meantime share this with someone who needs to be reminded: you were not meant to merely survive. You were built to thrive, designed to win, and called to become. 🙌🏾

05/16/2026

Good morning!!!

05/14/2026

I am thrilled to announce that yet another literary work, A Boss Called Dream: Equipping a Generation with Tools to Thrive, Win & Become, is coming soon.

With over 25 years in education; as a teacher, principal, and district-level leader, I have watched what separates students who thrive from those who don't. The answer is rarely ability. It is almost always the presence or absence of a dream, and the tools to pursue it.

This book is grounded in research, lived experience, and the stories of real young people. It is written for teens and young adults who need direction, and for the educators, parents, counselors, and mentors who show up for them every day.

Themes include: self-efficacy, empathy in education, social-emotional learning, resilience, the neuroscience of adolescent decision-making, and the transformative power of experience and exposure.

Release date to be announced. Follow along for updates and feel free to share with anyone in your network who works with or advocates for young people. I would be honored by the support.

04/26/2026

Doing a little research today on the importance of positive teen peer interactions, checked in on my own work and saw where my work has been cited/referenced 3 times. You never know where your influence will appear.

03/27/2026

2023-2025 had the opportunity to teach master's level Principalship classes at UNC Charlotte. Ran into one of my awesome students at the NCASA Ed Leadership Conference, prepared and running an awesome school with such elegance and grace.