Through our partnership with Upper90, our Path student, Jose was allowed to be the honorary captain for Atlanta United on May 17, 2023. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine walking onto the Mercedes Benz field as an honorary captain of an MLS team. Jose said, “It was an amazing experience, I was thinking to myself ‘How did I go from a kid that didn’t know how to play to being in front of hundreds of people?’” Jose was among the first to join our program since it began in his community. At the same time, he joined Upper90 soccer. Upper90 and Path have worked closely together for several years to impact students growing up in mobile home communities. While Path guides students through their academic and spiritual journey, Upper90 uses soccer as a platform to disciple students. Through this partnership our students are given an affordable opportunity to play soccer. Recent Path surveys of our students and families we have learned students involved in extra curricular actives are more successful in their path to flourishing. As for Jose’s honorary captain experience, he says that it imparted him several goals and a drive to keep going. One of his goals was to join the soccer team at his own high school. As of February 2024, he has accomplished that and now wants to lead his team to a State Championship. Jose motivated to flourish and win on and off the field.