by MARILYN JONES
Abigail Falik went to Brazil in her late teens to help street kids. The program she has since founded has sent more than 40 participants into the field to do similar work. PHOTO/Tony Avelar
If timing is everything, then Abigail Falik timed the launch of her nonprofit Global Citizen Year (GCY) with the precision of an atomic clock.
As America’s young adults find themselves in a new global economy and job market, her idea has come to fruition at exactly the right moment.
A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School, Ms. Falik spent more than 10 years in the fields of education, international development, and social enterprise before founding her one-of-a-kind, award-winning program in 2008.
Her goal: Provide idealistic young people with an experience that will help them become a new generation of leaders with an ethic of service.
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