Carmen Lopez Villamil is a sophomore from Brooklyn who recently just joined City in the Community’s Youth Leadership Council. On International Women’s Day, she’s here to share her story as a young woman in soccer.
Soccer has played a really important role in life. Growing up, making friends, mental health. I think that it has the power to bring people together and change lives so I wanted to be able to provide that to communities that don’t have access to it. Being a Youth Leader gives me the training and the resources to help others learn how to play soccer and continue with it.