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Alumnus Jumps at Opportunity to Impact Youth

Published On: Saturday, March 20, 2010

We are continually blessed to learn how students and alumni of Northland International University find creative places, suited to their particular interests, where the Lord can use them to impact lives for His glory.

Adam Cabrera, an alumnus of Northland, is applying his “life-touching-life” training and passion for youth at a Boys & Girls Club, which provides constructive, after-school activities for children. The following excerpts appear in the Chetek Alert online article, dated March 17, 2010:

The new executive director of the organization [Boys & Girls Club], Cabrera, 28, is a Chicago, Illinois, native whose mother worked to improve the development of troubled inner-city youths. "She believed in changing lives and providing a place for youth to develop into great citizens," he says.

Inspired by her passion, Cabrera made it his life's mission. He attended Northland International University, a private Bible college in Dunbar, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in youth development and theological studies.

When Cabrera learned Boys & Girls Club of Barron County needed a director, he jumped at the opportunity. "I wanted to get involved with a youth organization here," he says. "It seemed like a good fit."

"I believe in youth. I believe in changed lives. Many great movements in our American history have started with youth. The future of our society, of Barron County, is in the hands of our youth today."

To read the entire article written by Anita Zimmerman and posted in the Chetek Alert online, click here.