Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Compassion for others leads Tyrone teen on path to serve others in India
Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Atlanta adult entertainment
Compassion for others leads Tyrone teen on path to serve others in India
Anika Cooper is far from the average high school graduate. The 2010 Sandy Creek High School Valedictorian could be thinking about immediate college plans and a career path, but instead the 18 year-old will spend the next year working in India with an organization called Freedom Firm that rescues underage girls who have been forced into prostitution.
Anika said that her decision to spend the year working in India has much to do with having grown up a “missionary kid,” since the family lived in Afghanistan and Pakistan until she was 14 years old. Her parents, Sonja and Ray Cooper, work with Operation Mobilization in Tyrone. That affiliation brought the family to Fayette County.
“Living in other countries gave me a different worldview than some in America,” Anika explained. “Before my junior year I knew I’d be taking a year off after high school to grow and mature and learn before going to college.”
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