A Conversation with Chad Houser, Founder, CEO, and Executive Chef at Café Momentum


Chef Chad Houser came to a sudden realization: Not everyone has equal access to the American dream. He evolved his dream to create Café Momentum, which works to provide opportunity and break cycles of poverty.

Chad Houser (center) with participants from the Café Momentum internship program. (via Café Momentum)

At first, Chad Houser’s American dream was to be a successful chef and open his own award-winning restaurant. But a chance encounter with teens in the Dallas juvenile justice system shook him to his core. Today, his Café Momentum brings the dreams of at-risk youth, as well as his own, to life.

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