Travar Dixon

Travar Dixon grew up in the Tamarind Avenue community. Bill Hobbs met him when he was eight years old and prayed with him to receive Christ in the UYI van while taking a group of kids home.

Travar grew up fatherless - his father served time in prison and then died tragically when Travar was young. During high school, Travar's mother died, leaving Travar and his siblings to be raised by his Grandma Pat. 

Statistics say that boys from the Tamarind Avenue community are more likely to go to jail than to graduate high school, but Travar is defying odds.  In spite of the death of both his parents, pressures from the street, and thanks to UYI’s programs, mentors and scholarship program, he graduated from not only from high school but also from Florida Memorial College this June. After working for a lawyer during UYI’s Summer Work Program, Travar developed a passion to pursue a career in law. His dream is becoming reality as he has taken the LSAT and has applied to law school.