This weeks guest moved to the US at the age of five when his family travelled here from northern Spain.

Juan Santamaria talks about growing up in a large immigrant community in Newark, New Jersey. How he ties his heritage into life with his wife and young family and the career experiences to his current role as Vice President and Sporting Director at Cedar Stars Academy in Northern New Jersey, where he has helped build and maintain a program that provides an excellent pathway for youth players to forge a route into college soccer.

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