Quito, Pichincha

“When I was 5 years old, I was my father´s football team´s mascot. Years later I played the semifinal Regional Cup in Medellin, where we ended up vice-champions. I always loved playing football. It was a way of living, a way of relating with my friends and making new ones. Of course, in a sexist country, not everything is fun in football. When you step the football court, there is harassment and sayings. For me, football is not only a way of living but a way to face life”.

KARLA RIVADENEIRA