This Lebanese-Indigenous Australian was living out her own Bend it Like Beckham storyline, hiding her boots and uniform in her car, away from the eyes of her disapproving mother.
While other teenage girls were going behind their parents' backs to attend parties and concerts, Natasha Hill was sneaking out of her family home to play football.
But Natasha wasn't going to be deterred that easily and after a rocky start, her whole life is now dedicated to sport. And often, the clubs and organisations themselves aren't sure how to cater for different cultural groups.She works full-time in sport for development with community organisations Football United and Creating Chances, and spends all her free time volunteering as president of the club she founded, Punchbowl United FC, in Sydney's south-west.
"So they've come to us knowing that we're a safe space and that we do have those [shared] values," Natasha added."Within the religion, it promotes physical activity and health. It's the culture that has that taboo on it," she said. Cricket didn't go down well with her family but after they forced her to give it up, Anyier managed to convince them to let her play football.
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