why we’re here

I’ve always wondered how I got so lucky. Both of my parents immigrated from South America to the United States and sacrificed so much of their own lives to give me and my siblings a better one. My parents gave everything they had emotionally and financially to provide for us. Without their support and love, I would not have been able to chase the vision I had for both my soccer and professional careers.

Some say there is no such thing as luck and that luck comes through hard work. Sure, I agree. My co-founder and club coach Scott Baker will be the first to tell you I was the one calling him for individual training sessions, asking to join his older girls’ practice, and doing sports psychology training all before finishing my own team’s training session in a day. My Dad, also known as “Pappi”, knows better than anyone the amount of time and dedication it took me to compete at the Division I level.  In addition to my own hard work, my father would drive an hour every day to and from practice so I could finish my homework in the car. He took me to professional games so I could see the level of play I was striving toward. He mentored me after practices and games, inspiring me to elevate my game.

If at the end of my soccer career, I hadn’t accomplished my goals, it wouldn’t have been from a lack of support. Some of the titles I was able to achieve, due in large part to this support, are 2-year Captain for the Duke University Women’s Soccer Team, 2011 NCAA Division 1 National Finalist at Duke University, Chief of Staff to the IBM CIO, and now Owner and Founder of SoccerHead.

What bothers me is the reality that there are plenty of kids with the passion and work ethic that I had, yet don’t have access to the same opportunities.

My goal now is to make opportunities accessible to everyone.

After many years working in the technology sector at IBM and Cisco, as well as my time supporting many youth soccer players and their parents, it dawned on me that an opportunity existed to intersect sports, impact, and technology to accomplish this goal.

I and co-founder, Scott Baker, believe that SoccerHead is the solution to this massive opportunity gap. SoccerHead will bring together a soccer obsessed community full of players to give them connections and resources they need to advance on their journeys.

Here’s to the future of soccer,