Bosco plays bingo with Curbside Ministry attendees while volunteering during a Valentine’s Day celebration at Parker-Bennett Community Center in Bowling Green on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Curbside Ministry is an organization that brings messages about Jesus to children in refugee communities in the Bowling Green area. Bosco explained that his faith in Jesus Christ is a direct result of his attendance too the ministry as a kid. “Curbside is the opportunity for me to reach my hand back out to the next person,” Bosco said. “Just like people have done for me. That’s the true testament of what God’s love is. Just that transition of love from one person to the other.”
WKU alumni and Bowling Green Resident Jean Bosco spends most of his days coaching at RockBox Fitness, relaxing at home, and pursuing his faith in serving others. Bosco became a Christian in high school while attending Curbside Ministries, an organization that brings messages about Jesus to children in refugee communities. Bosco grew up in Bowling Green after his family came to the U.S. as refugees from Rwanda when he was four. Now 23, Bosco graduated from Western Kentucky University with a degree in Finance and is applying for jobs in the field. He hopes to get out of the Bowling Green area to see more of the world and explore. In the meantime, Bosco strives to serve others to reflect God’s love through his work as a coach and volunteering at Curbside Ministries.
Bosco teaches boxing to WKU professor of Advertising and Marketing Diane McDonald's students at RockBox Fitness Bowling Green, Ky. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. “My biggest motivator to keep helping others is, I’m just a people person,” Bosco said. “I just like being around people. I like seeing people prosper.”
After working earlier in the day, Bosco walks back to his room to relax and do chores in his parent’s home in Bowling Green, Ky. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
Bosco flips through one of his notebooks that he uses while studying the Bible in his home in Bowling Green, Ky. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. “I’ve used my faith to lead me to different aspects of my life,” Bosco said. “If I’m ever unsure of a situation, I can always ask God. He’s always led me in that way.”
Jean Bosco checks out his new jacket in a mirror in his room at his home in Bowling Green, Ky. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. “You’re confident in things you’re competent in,” Bosco said. “Any time I’m doing anything that I’m an expert in that gives me confidence.”
A Rwandan flag covers the window of Bosco’s room at his home in Bowling Green, Ky. Bosco grew up in Bowling Green after his family came to the U.S. as refugees from Rwanda when he was four. “It’s (his culture) not as important as I make it to be but that’s definitely something that as I get older I’m more intentional about preserving.”
“Not too fast Diane,” Bosco said laughing. “I have to have time to slip.” Bosco demonstrates a slip with WKU professor of advertising and marketing Diane McDonald at RockBox Fitness Bowling Green, Ky. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Bosco coaches at RockBox Fitness and hosted a private class for McDonald’s marketing and advertising classes.
Bosco corrects Kinslei Crouch’s form while teaching boxing to WKU professor of advertising and marketing Diane McDonald’s students at RockBox Fitness in Bowling Green, Ky. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
Bosco prepares to drive home kids who were in attendance at Curbside Ministry after their Valentine’s Day celebration at Parker-Bennett Community Center in Bowling Green on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.
On a wall in his room, Bosco has a vision board adorned with various positive and motivational messages to prepare him for his future. Bosco wants to move from Bowling Green and travel and learn new things. “[I want to leave Bowling Green] to get different experiences and different things.”
Jean Bosco falls asleep in his room after spending the day helping his family out around their home in Bowling Green, Ky. on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2025.