As safe spaces shrink, immigrant youth find solace in “the beautiful game”; Kristina Lovato in El Timpano

[Soccer is] such a friendly way that immigrants can connect to one another, and for an hour and a half on the field, let go of the mental stress that is burdening their day.

— Kristina Lovato, Assistant Professor and Director of the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative, in El Timpano: As safe spaces shrink, immigrant youth find solace in “the beautiful game”