Heavenly Cynt Youth Org: Mentorship, Exposure, and Cindy the Cowgirl Teaches Kindness | EP. 192
In this interview, Cynthia Manuel, executive director of Heavenly Cynt Youth Org, explains the organization’s mission to empower youth through mentorship, literacy, life skills, sports, and positive community connections, rooted in her brother’s 1998 death from street violence and her desire to protect and expand opportunities for youth in Chicago’s North Lawndale.
She describes using exposure as a key tool: taking kids outside their neighborhoods, running mentoring programs since 2016, and creating unique experiences like horse care, gardening, and career tours that helped one youth pursue…
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