ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It is morning, in the middle of the week, and Garrett Adcock is caught between a football field and a law exam.
A spring breeze swipes at his face as he gathers a breath following an after-practice sprint with his fellow New Mexico Lobo offensive linemen.
A midterm in civil procedure shortly awaits the second-year law student, but for the moment he is content to talk about lives which have touched him.
“My whole life I have been blessed to be surrounded by amazing people,” he says.
Since his birth, some 22 years ago, in Garland, Texas, he has had instilled in him by faith and family the notion that he has a responsibility to make the world better.