For the last 8 years I have participated in elite youth soccer leagues including 3 years in Major League Soccer’s MLS Next Youth System, which included team training four times every week, weekend play across the Southeast United States and participation in National Tournaments in California, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey.

The intense training regimen, top tier competition, and demanding travel schedule has helped me appreciate the value of hard work, teamwork, and sportsmanship and required me to find creative ways to balance my time for sports, extracurriculars and schoolwork