DREAMer running Boston Marathon for free soccer program that serves city’s public schools
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Ever Barrera is a dreamer, in all aspects of the word. At age 14, knowing no English, he came to the U.S. from El Salvador, settling in Chelsea. A DREAMer child, his mom left him with his grandmother when he was eight.
A DREAMer child, his mom left him with his grandmother when he was eight.
“She came here to give us a better life. It wasn’t very safe. We lost a lot of family members because of violence in the country,” said Barrera.
Barrera is a busy man and father. He drives for Lyft and is a full-time staff member for Boston Scores, a soccer program with Boston Public Schools that provides kids with afterschool soccer and enrichment programs.
And now, he is running the Boston Marathon for the Boston Scores team.
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