I am an Asian American teenager (Chinese and Taiwanese) who attends Lick-Wilmerding High School born and raised in San Francisco. I have played a variety of sports throughout my life such as playing basketball, track and field, flag football, and volleyball during middle school and high school. Though the sport I have fallen in love with and have played my whole life is soccer. I understand the importance of men's mental health through my own experiences and through honest conversations with friends and mentors who share some of the same barriers I have mentally as a male athlete. I started this non profit with the goal of trying to better the experiences and community in the bay Area around sports for young athletes where they can feel seen and heard in a way me and peers of mine never truly had. I hope to help create a positive difference through SMSM and help break the negative stereotypes around what being a "man" should look like.