How a 19-hour flight changed Ashlyn Harris’s life forever

Posted Dec 24, 2016
Ashlyn Harris traveled to Africa last month to help change the lives of young women. But after one week in the small West African country of Liberia, she returned feeling as though what had changed most was her own life. And for the better. Harris, a goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s national team traveled to Monrovia as part of the U.S. State Department’s Sports Envoy program. (Excelle Sports)

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