Your zip code should not determine the size of your dreams—
or the future you’re allowed to imagine.
Zip-code-based inequity blocks opportunity—limiting what youth see, the paths they can explore, and the futures they can reach. When that happens, it isn’t just individual potential that’s lost; the world loses what entire communities might have created if given the chance.
OUR MISSION
To create and activate a community of care givers, educators and businesses committed to guiding underserved students towards the possible futures that have been hidden for too long
OUR MISSION
OUR VISION
To cut poverty in half across Chicago and Northwest Indiana by 2050
THE CYCLE BREAKER APPROACH: BUILDING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
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Through the Cycle Breaker Quest, youth are guided by trained facilitators, mentors, and community allies through a science-backed journey of self-discovery, mindset growth, and possibility-building—designed to help them break cycles and build futures once denied.
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We create brave, supportive spaces where young people are encouraged to explore who they are, take meaningful risks, and learn how their brains, beliefs, and choices shape their lives.
Inside out Transformation
Inside Out
We help youth understand themselves first—how their brains work, what shapes their beliefs, and where their strengths live—so growth starts from within, not from pressure to “fix” behavior.
Because when young people understand their minds, they can change their lives—and the world around them.
Science Backed + Human Centered
Brain Science + Belonging
The Cycle Breaker Quest blends neuroscience, mindset tools, and real-world application to create lasting change—grounded in research, delivered with heart.
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Pathways to Possibilities
Future-Ready
Youth gain clarity, confidence, and practical tools to imagine new futures, explore pathways, and take ownership of what comes next—for themselves and their communities.
WHAT FUTURE CREATORS LEARN
Future Creators build the mindset, self-awareness, and confidence to break cycles, imagine new futures, and take ownership of what’s possible for their lives and communities.
RESILIENT + ADAPTABLE
of Future Creators report feeling better equipped to handle stress, setbacks, and challenges by using tools they learned to reframe their thinking and stay grounded.​
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76%
8 IN 10
participants report a stronger understanding of how their thoughts, emotions, and choices shape their behavior and decisions.
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SELF-AWARE & EMPOWERED
of Future Creators say they feel more confident exploring new ideas, solving real-world problems, and imagining pathways they hadn’t considered before.​
85%
SELF-AWARE & EMPOWERED
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
The impact of the Cycle Breaker Quest is best told by the educators and partners who see it every day.
STEVE BLOM
Executive Director,
Bright Promise
The mission of the organization is rooted in real-life experience and aprofound commitment by the leaders to ensure young women and men have every opportunity to succeed.
LISA PICKENS
Director, TRIO Educational
Talent Search
In a landscape filled with countless programs claiming to shape the leaders of tomorrow, Future Cycle Breakers delivers on this promise in tangible, transformative ways.
RANDY MOES
Principal, Calvin Christian
What impressed us all was the Pitch Contest where our youth go to present their groundbreaking ideas confidently. Future Cycle Breakers’ program is indeed a valuable investment for.our youth’s growth and development.
GET INVOLVED
Stand with young people breaking cycles.
Your support helps young people discover who they are, rewire what they believe is possible, and build futures once denied.
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