The Stanford-bound senior played for the Philippines in last summer's Women's World Cup, and she's still committed to her high school team at Marshall.
The organization's founders saw a need for an LGBTQ+ youth mentorship program, so they set out to create one where Latinos and others could feel accepted.
'Her achievement for this very proud moment in history not only honors her Filipino heritage, but her Mexican side as well,' says Kiara Fontanilla's mother.
'Her achievement for this very proud moment in history not only honors her Filipino heritage, but her Mexican side as well,' says Kiara Fontanilla's mother.
For a nation more than 7,000 miles from the United States, the Philippines boasts a women’s national soccer team with a decidedly American feel. Of the 23 names on its Women’s World Cup roster, 18 belong to U.S.-born women. One of them, defender Hali Long, was born in Cape Girardeau and raised in a Filipino, or Pinoy, household.