12 Streams' Life Skills curriculum was created by Marques Grundy, a certified Life Skills presenter. The program has been taught in practiced in schools, transitional homes, juvenile facilities, and jails throughout the country. The core curriculum focuses on cultivating and nurturing positive habits that, when implemented correctly, can help lead to individual successes.
    
A native to Los Angeles, Marques is one of the founders of My Brother’z House, a sober living home in Santa Monica, California. Under his’ management and direction, My Brother’z House developed into an accomplished sober living home in Southern California. Marques continues to oversee My Brother’z House while he travels throughout the country presenting the Life Skills program for juveniles and adults in prison. As a complement to his sober living experience, Marques has worked for government and private agencies coordinating residential and independent living programs for children and young adults.     
     Marques has a BS in Human Development from Howard University in Washington D.C. and is an active volunteer, supporting causes affecting his local community.