Jack Dorsey days, Dorsey worked occasionally as a fashion model. By age fourteen, Dorsey had become interested in dispatch routing. Some of the open-source software he created in the area of dispatch logistics is still used by many taxi cab companies. Dorsey attended the University of Missouri–Rolla for two-plus years (1995–1997) before transferring to New York University, but he dropped out in 1999, one semester short of graduating. He first came up with the idea that he developed as Twitter while studying at New York University. While working on dispatching as a programmer, Dorsey moved to California. In 2000, Dorsey started his
Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation Participants write essays based on either one or two novels authored by the non-profit founder, Althea Dorsey Gray. The scholarship program is open to all high school seniors and college undergraduate and graduate students. An unspecified number of winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of current and retired teachers, criminal justice professionals, and graduate students. Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation The Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c) organization based out of the Greater Washington, DC area founded in 2009. The foundation award scholarships every year to high school seniors and all college undergraduates/graduates. The mission of DGLF is