Meet who makes the village possible!

Founder and Executive Director: Euphrates Deaun Catawnee

Life itself became his greatest teacher as he believes in the transformative power of knowledge and guidance. As an infant born with a rare congenital-heart disease (Tetralogy of Fallot), he fought for his life, endured multiple open-heart surgeries throughout his childhood, and this struggle shaped his perspective and resilience. Having a successful sports career, capped by an senior year undefeated football state championship (2011 Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, KY), becoming a two-sport collegiate athlete (football and track) at Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY and a few years of coaching high school football.

 

Euphrates is a two-time graduate from Western Kentucky University (WKU) earning a Bachelor's in Social and Behavioral Science and a Master's in School Counseling. He has 10+ years dedicated in education, counseling, and youth development with professional experience spanning K-12 education, juvenile and alternative school, Job corps, higher education, workforce development, nonprofit leadership, and student success programming. 

 

Euphrates is the 2026 City of Chattanooga Community Development Impact award winner and a dedicated mentor to youth across Chattanooga. He is also a two-time author of Tasteful Thoughts for the Mind and Belly (2025), available on multiple platforms including Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and North American Tribes Word Search Book: Volume I - Alabama - Mississippi; North American Nations (2026), which can be found on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. 

 

Looking ahead, Euphrates has several exciting upcoming releases: North American Tribes Word Search Book: Volume II - Missouri - Wyoming, Energy in Motion Word Search Book, Unchained Consciousness, and 33 sHORT sTORIES.

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"Life calls not for perfection, but for completeness." -Carl Jung