Leveling the field: How Nyota Katembo turned refugee roots into a rising soccer career

Leveling the field: How Nyota Katembo turned refugee roots into a rising soccer career

Nyota Katembo (left) in action during a home match against the Montreal Roses FC. © Photo courtesy of AFC Toronto When Nyota Katembo steps onto the field, everything else fades away; the noise, the pressure, the weight of her past. By Zeba Tasci in Ottawa, Canada On the pitch, she’s just a player chasing a ball. But off it, she’s become so much more: a role model, a sister, a student, and a voice for a new generation of young refugee women in sp…