Meet Our Team
Demeka Breedlove-Mays and Anthony Mays are the co-founders and principal college counselors of Pinnacle Prep. They aim to level the playing field by providing affordable college readiness and college admissions planning and coaching to underserved, working-class, and middle-class families. By doing so, they want to ensure that ALL children have access to quality college readiness and college admissions support.
Coach Demeka
Co-Founder/Principal Coach
Demeka has over 20 years in education as a National Board Certified teacher, testing coordinator, academic athletic director, curriculum specialist, administrator, and leader on the local, district, and state levels, as a college writing professor, and now as an education consultant.
She is currently the Chief Academic Officer of Pinnacle Performance Learning Group, an education service provider specializing in school and district effectiveness.
As the principal education consultant, she leads schools and school districts in successful school turnaround, effective teacher and leader development, curriculum and assessment, and the development and implementation of innovative programs, to include college admissions counseling and college-readiness programs and practices that yield positive student outcomes for college admissions.
Demeka has a B.A. in English and a M.S.E in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. Prior to her career change from public to private sector, she held National Board certification in Adolescent Literacy and English Language Arts, teacher and leader certifications, as well as other educational endorsements in three states.
Coach Anthony
Co-Founder/Financial Aid Coach
Anthony majored in electrical engineering and has spent 20 years as a senior electrical and telecommunications engineer in corporate America at telecommunications companies.
As a network and project engineer, he managed multi-million dollar projects for the deployment of network equipment throughout the world. Additionally, Anthony has a wealth of finance and investment knowledge and experience.
Prior to his work in corporate America, Anthony served in the US Army Signal Corp as a 1st Lieutenant and in the Army National Guard during 9/11. During which time, he received numerous awards and commendations.
During his wife’s years as a classroom teacher, Anthony mentored several of her students, finding that he could provide them with valuable insight about post-secondary plans because of his corporate and military background and his undergraduate experiences and studies.
Anthony has since translated his collective professional and educational experiences into impactful actions, helping to guide their two children in their K12 and post-secondary success.
About the Power of Pinnacle Prep
This husband and wife team achieved extraordinary success by guiding their own two scholars in their individual college-readiness journey and college admissions process. Their plan to parent scholars from conception to college paid off big!
Within two years of one another, their son and daughter graduated high school as valedictorians after having matriculated from kindergarten through grade 12 with straight A’s, consistently ranking in the top 1% of their class, excelling in over 15 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and earning numerous state, national, and international academic, service, and leadership awards along the way.
Their son and daughter weren’t geniuses or super nerdy; they were just ordinary kids who – with guidance, planning, support, and personal commitment – were able to perform extraordinarily in their academic careers.
Consequently, both scholars were accepted to some of the most selective schools in the world and were awarded $2.5 million in merit-based scholarships.
Now the duo aims to share their parenting and coaching success strategies with other students and families, helping as many families as they can to navigate the stressful process of college planning and admissions.