Pictured: Isabel F., Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County Youth of the Year Representative. Photo courtesy of Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County.

Our community is filled with many incredible young people doing such amazing things. This summer, we are featuring some of these young people in our Thursday Family & Education edition. Each of the students we are highlighting has been chosen as one of this year’s SRQ Magazine’s top youth leaders based on their values, determination and outstanding achievements in different aspects of their lives in and out of school. Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County recently named Isabel F., a senior at Bayshore High School, as the organization’s 2022-23 Youth of the Year Representative. Isabel is passionate about helping others, especially the homeless. Isabel's goal for the future is to further her education and go to college for dentistry, with aspirations of becoming an orthodontist. "I want to be successful at whatever I do and make my family proud, as well as continuing to help others around me in need," she said.

Pictured: Isabel F., Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County Youth of the Year Representative. Photo courtesy of Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County.