Yuniba Montoya was accustomed to cheering from the sidelines as her sons played soccer. Then one day her son asked: “Why don’t you play sometime so you can see what it’s like?”
That’s all it took for Montoya and a group of fellow Latina mothers in Shakopee to move from the sidelines onto the field and start planning a league of their own. With a $4,095 grant this month from Allina Health, they’ve created the Esperanza Latina Soccer League, which recently took to the field for its first practice.
For Montoya, a Mexican immigrant who works at McDonald’s, the grant was a godsend. She said many of her friends can’t afford child care or gym memberships to get regular exercise. For some, even driving to a health club can be a challenge. READ MORE
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