Atnre’s passion for education and community development was shaped by his experiences living and working in Camden, NJ. He served as the vice president of the board for a community bank, analyzed crime data to help Camden Police with crime suppression efforts and developed performance management systems for a local charter school. Seeing the importance of education to community development, Atnre later founded an organization—TeenSHARP—that prepares talented students of color for top colleges.Atnre’s interest in education led him first to the Strategic Data Project at Harvard working at the Delaware Department of Education leading policy and research efforts on teacher and leader effectiveness, and then to 50CAN's Education Advocacy Fellowship Class of 2016. He launched DelawareCAN in January 2017 as founding executive director.