2024 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL-2 - Flipbook - Page 50
MORE THAN A GAME:
PROMISE’S JOURNEY FROM
PLAYER TO MENTOR
Promise was just a kid when the world made her feel like she didn’t belong. Then she
found a team that showed her otherwise.
After facing racist bullying at school, Promise’s con昀椀dence crumbled, and she no
longer felt safe. Her family made the dif昀椀cult decision to homeschool her, hoping to
rebuild what had been broken. Not long after that, Promise found PeacePlayers Los
Angeles—a community that would change her life. “Basketball was my only way of
expressing those emotions,” she remembers, but at PeacePlayers, she found something
even more powerful: a sense of belonging. “I was able to just express myself. I was
able to 昀椀nd myself, to regain that con昀椀dence.” Surrounded by female coaches and
teammates who shared her love for the game, Promise discovered a space where she
could grow not just as an athlete, but as a leader as well. “Representation matters,” she
says. “ It was amazing to 昀椀nally be in a space where I wasn’t the only girl who loved
basketball.”
Today, Promise has come full circle—continuing to be a part of PeacePlayers, not
just as a participant, but as a coach, too. “I want to have a positive impact,” she says.
“I try to do what [PeacePlayers coaches] did for me.” She knows what it feels like to
struggle with con昀椀dence, and now, she dedicates herself to lifting others up. “When
I was in middle school, I felt alone. There were just things I didn’t particularly like
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