Andrew Morris created Raising The Bridge, an organization located in Mesquite Texas, to help the youth in his community in 2008 while he was living in a shelter. His direction in writing his book, The Ladder, aims to show many others how to provide the most important assistance to our struggling youth in the U.S. As well as being the CEO of the Raising The Bridge youth organization he is a member of the Nonfiction Authors Association as well as holding membership in the Writers League of Texas.