Will and Becky married in 2002. Their daughter Malia was born in 2003, six months after the passing of Will’s beloved mother Muriel. It was during this time that Will decided to start his own mentoring program. Will used his mother’s initials as the inspiration to create “Mentoring Positives,” a program that Will hoped would honor the dedication and commitment that Muriel Pipkins showed to those in her family and community. Mentoring Positives began in the fall of 2004 as a referral-based program that offered individual mentoring for delinquent youth. Soon after, Mentoring Positives evolved into a nonprofit and began offering group mentoring. The program has since expanded to provide programming in social entrepreneurship (in particular, MP’s wildly successful Off the Block Salsa venture), sports, and the arts. Since the beginning, Mentoring Positives has been headquartered in Madison’s Darbo-Worthington neighborhood, where Will, Becky and their staff continue to serve as a dynamic neighborhood resource and positive influence in the community.