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Rosati Leadership Academy was recently featured in Amjambo Africa! Amjambo Africa! is a news publication that is here to help New Mainers thrive and to help Maine welcome and benefit from our new neighbors. It serves as a conduit of information for newcomers as they navigate life in Maine, and includes background articles about Africa so those from Maine can understand why newcomers have arrived here. Amjambo Africa! also profiles successful New Mainers from Africa in order to give hope to those newly arrived as well as make clear benefits to our state of welcoming newcomers.

The article about RLA can be found at: https://www.amjamboafrica.com/rosati-leadership-academy-soccer-for-all/

Recently, Rosati Leadership Academy was featured in a story published by the Lewiston Sun Journal! You can check out the story here: https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/06/22/lewiston-students-learn-soccer-and-more-from-local-nonprofit/.

Check out the slide show from our end of year awards ceremony! Scroll through these photos to see some highlights from Rosati sessions during the 2024/2025 school year.

Check out this short film highlighting Portland Soccer Project, the afterschool soccer program started by Portland Hearts of Pine and our very own Coach Noah. Portland Soccer Project is fully inspired by RLA programming and the impact that we have had here in Lewiston!

NESN's third episode of Up the Hearts, a docuseries centered on the building and beginning of Portland Hearts of Pine, aired in late April. The episode is all about our Lewiston soccer community, and it includes a segment about Rosati Leadership Academy and our programming. We were honored to be included in the episode next to absolute Lewiston soccer legends such as Coach Mike McGraw, Coach Dan Gish, and the Hersi Family. We are humbled to be just a piece within the greater Lewiston community. Check out the episode above!

The Rosati Leadership Academy (RLA) was founded by Chris White ’92 to honor the legacy of Chris Rosati ’89, as highlighted in Durham Academy’s newsroom. Through soccer, leadership, and community engagement, RLA continues their shared commitment to empowering youth and creating meaningful change. Read more about our story here.