April 6th

Wednesday, April 6th:

Today I did not get as much work done on my project as I did the past two days. I began the day with some exciting news. I got a response from my friend's dad and he said that he has some very interesting people he can put me into contact with. One of these people is the head of an organization in Costa Rica that works with giving girls the opportunity  to play soccer. I am willing to bet that he will have some extremely interesting insight into why it is so important for girls around the world to have the opportunity to play team sports like soccer. He also told me that he thinks he can find the contact information of a few other people around the world that I can reach out to. I'm very excited that there are even more people from all over the world that I will have the opportunity to interview.

Next, I continued writing interview questions for my contacts. So far, I have 5 points of contact and 5 questions to ask each of them in interviews. The next thing I discovered today was sad. Although I was very excited about reaching out to the professional soccer player, Lauren Sesselman, yesterday via Facebook, I am sad to report that she read my message and did not respond. This means that she saw what I had to say but was not interested in doing an interview. This was pretty upsetting, but I know I have to move on and try to find somebody else. I remembered that I used to have a professional soccer player live with me when I was in elementary school, so I decided to reach out to her. (Side note: she lived with me because being a professional women's soccer player means you cannot afford rent. This is one thing I really wish was changed in this country. Equal play, equal pay.) Anyway, she no longer plays soccer but is still active in training younger girls. I sent her a message on Facebook detailing my project and I'm hoping I get a more positive response from her. Finally, I ended my day on a positive note. I won my soccer game! Although this doesn't count towards my project hours, it reminded me why this project is so important in the first place. I want other girls to get the feeling that I get when I win a game. Everyone should have the opportunity to feel accomplished and talented.