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| Kayla (center, left of woman in white) sits with her team after a game. |
Hey everyone! It’s Kayla, one of the America SCORES LA’s
interns. I am a seventeen year-old junior at Wildwood School. I just started
volunteering for the organization in September, and ever since, I have fallen
in love with the program!
America SCORES LA is the perfect organization for me because
it revolves around two different topics that I love, creative writing and
soccer! I love writing because it gives me the opportunity to express the
creative side that I have in me. I have played soccer since I was three years
old, and it has had a huge impact on my life.
I have learned that soccer not only improves your fitness
level and athletic skills, but it makes you a better, and more well rounded,
person. As I grew up, I had to learn what it meant to be on a team. Teamwork to
me is working effectively with a group of people in order to achieve one common
goal. What I love about being on a team is that everyone’s personality traits
and strengths contribute to the overall success of the team.
When I was able to recognize my strengths as a player, I
began to gain confidence. When I gained confidence, I was able to transform
into a leader. When I was younger, I was not the loud, confident leader I am
now. However, after playing soccer for 14 years, I was transformed into that
person. Now, being the captain of my club soccer team, I have been able to see
how much I have grown as an individual. Soccer has taught me essential life
skills that I will need for the rest of my life.
Something that is unique about America SCORES LA program is
that they implement what I have experienced through soccer into their program.
Their main goal is to make these kids compassionate, loving, and confident
individuals through soccer and poetry. It has been my absolute pleasure working
with an amazing staff and interacting with cheerful kids.
