“East Palo Alto’s Educational Prophecy” concludes a two-part examination of the educational opportunities afforded East Palo Alto youth by critiquing the then-current state of local public education through the presentation of imagery invoking ideal curricular and policy approaches as solutions to the problems identified in part one.  The mural depicts the façade of an ancient temple wall adorned with codices/hieroglyphs and surrounded by vines of blooming bougainvillea. The two rows of glyphs read right to left, referencing actual historical inscriptions of the ancient Meso-American societies. The bottom row tells the story of a youth speaking to a scribe about education in East Palo Alto. A Tongan drummer, a Mayan ball player, and an African mathematician carrying a geometric equation represent the need for multicultural education and instruction in the schools. The top row tells an idyllic story of the future of education in East Palo Alto if the ideas from the bottom row were to come to fruition – Egyptian figures Isis and Ra teaching youth about technology and science, as well as a united community, working together for superior education. The piece culminates with an image of a world tree rooted in four tenets: smaller class sizes (depicted by a teacher speaking to one student), alleviating the burden on teachers and encouraging them to stay in the district for longer than one year (depicted by a teacher with a load on his/her back), more college preparatory programs and advanced instruction opportunities (depicted by a double helix symbolizing science), and the need for basic resources such as classrooms, facilities, and books (depicted by an open book and buildings).