Fritz Knapp has taught and coached extensively in the Richmond area and worked in the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia as the director of a statewide mentoring initiative known as Virginia's Future and as a gang reduction specialist. He is currently the Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts and is the founder of Blue Sky Fund, an organization which serves at-risk students in the Richmond area. 20% of the author's royalty from sales of this book will serve at-risk students through the Blue Sky Fund.