Our People 

Our goal is to inspire and instill within the youth a desire to fulfill their potential in life with a sense of dignity, honor, respect and destiny. Through partnering with parents, ex-gang members, mentors, community - based organizations of mutual purpose, police departments and probation officers we will accomplish the task before us.

Ricky Bueno	Ricky is the founder and director of FSI. A former gang member of the Latin Kings Organization, he walked away from the gang lifestyle in 1998 wen he dedicated his life to Christ and fullfiling the Great Commission "to go out and make disciples."  Ricky now has 4 beautiful childern and a dedicated wife that support him in the FSI program.
Steve Jergensen	Steve was an ex-drug dealer in the Lake and Mchenry County area who dedicated his life to Christ, and the mission of reaching out to at-risk youth in May of 2000. In 2002, he joined Ricky in the FSI ministry after serving a 4 year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections for his involvment for his previous lifestyle before giving his life to Christ.
Juana Bueno	Juana recently took off with the FSI womens ministry and teamed up with her brother Ricky to help reach out to the young women in the program. Juana is married and has two young boys.
Henry Jasper	Henry now has 4 children and a beautiful wife. He was involved with gangs and drugs for most of my teen and early adult life. During a 2 1/2 yr. jail term, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and now his mission is to rescue at-risk kids/adults and find the same freedom in Christ that he now has.