Our story began in 2012 when Madalina lived in Haiti and tested the Design Thinking method for the first time within the Ashoka Youth Ventures activities. Then I noticed how changed the children were just by participating in a few facilitation and support activities built with a lot of empathy. 
 
That seed has been planted and carried in the soul in many communities where I have worked, from the Amazon jungle of Suriname to the skyscrapers of Hong Kong. In 2015, that seed began to sprout when Caleb and I recorded in the United States AllGrow Consulting LLC. Soon the idea of an initiative in Romania also took shape in the United States, even if at that time we did not know in which direction to go. Caleb  brought with him a strategic mindset, oriented towards inclusive processes and experiences. Being educated at a top university and with extensive international experience, Caleb brought that extra organization and strategic thinking that we need. Different ideas related to social innovation started to emerge, from helping small farmers, to supporting local organizations and sustainable food, but jumping from one thing to another, I got to education. Reflecting on personal experience we had our aha moment. This is how we realized that we lacked experiences when we could have discovered from an early age our power to achieve change and trust in our own forces. 

In August 2016 we started working on an initiative where children and young people discover their power to make change and we called it Change Architects. We truly believe that they (youth and children) are the architects of their own future. In November 2016 we were already in Mărășești, Vrancea where we were testing the Design Thinking method with secondary school students to see if it is relevant to today's students and to discover how we can adapt to the local context. Thus, we realized that for this model to be successful, 3 elements are needed - students - teachers and supporters, and thus the process of testing, validation, adaptation and continuous improvement began. In October 2017 we officially registered in Romania and became the All Grow Association. Change continued and the international and strategic perspective, focused on processes and spaces for collaboration and growth continued to define us.