Meet Our Founder

China Cardriche Clements is the Founder of Power Public Schools and the visionary behind our AI-empowered early-college model. Born and raised in South Cobb, China attended Riverside Elementary, Lindley Middle School, and graduated from Campbell High School’s International Baccalaureate Program. Her childhood dream—imagined at just five years old—was to one day build a school in her own community that honored students’ brilliance and prepared them for the future.

China went on to earn her degree in Economics from Harvard University, began a career in investment banking, and later served as a Teach For America educator. As an AP/IB math teacher in San Antonio, she increased the pass rate by 92% and as a founding high school principal, she led her school to 100% college acceptance.

Returning home to South Cobb, China launched an extensive community listening tour, gathering 500+ surveys and conducting 200+ one-on-one conversations to understand local needs, aspirations, and challenges. That work directly shaped the design of Power Public Schools and its commitment to personalized learning, community partnerships, whole-child support, and early-college pathways.

When the charter development timeline unexpectedly compressed from six months to six weeks, China built custom AI agents to support the work—tools that helped generate 352 board prospects, secure $5 million, and obtained a facility.

Today, China leads Power Public Schools with the same passion she carried as a young girl in Mableton classrooms: a belief that every child deserves a school designed for their success, their future, and their power.