true07/23/2026 01:00:53 PMMoore OpportunitiesA group of smiling graduates in blue caps and gowns pose with Tommy Moore who is wearing a black blazer and blue button-down shirt wearing a name tag. Tommy Moore (right) celebrating a RISE graduation. A group of smiling graduates in blue caps and gowns pose with Tommy Moore who is wearing a black blazer and blue button-down shirt wearing a name tag. Tommy Moore left prison in 2009 chasing a bachelor’s degree without a car and 12 miles of road between him and Lake Sumter Community College. He pedaled. Every. Single. Day. Now he has a Ph.D. and teaches in the UPWARD program.Prison Education ProgramUPWARD