Using a perspective analysis of curriculum design, we advance the conversation on ways underrepresented and underserved communities can rethink educational design. From an original educational model, we interrupt traditional pedagogy to grow effective community leaders. In this paper, we blend Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STREAM), Place-Based Education (PBE), the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS), and Connectivity Movements to prepare students who are innovative, persistent, and self-determined. Moreover, the Old Main STREAM Academy educational model represents an approach that blends learning and community. It is important for community researchers to apply ancestral educational best practices within their own communities and homelands. From an ethnographic account, our perspective analysis reveals the need for grassroots folks to design and apply an original, comprehensive curriculum that supports the advancement and instructional well-being of underrepresented and underserved communities.