Rosinha Rosario is from Portugal. She started playing basketball for the national team and traveling through different countries at a young age. It was her love for basketball that made her leave Portugal and travel to America to play and study. In 2011, she was invited to play basketball for Gulf Coast State Colleg on an athletic scholarship. In January of 2012, her life changed as she made her way to the Panama City, to begin a new chapter in life. Her first season with the Lady Commodores was the 2012/2013 academic year. The first season was an incredible experience as the Lady Commodores ended their season in fourth place in the NJCAA National Tournament.
Rosinha graduated from Gulf Coast State College in the summer of 2013 with the opportunity to continue to play basketball at University of Central Florida and study Exception Education. In the fall of 2013, she moved to Central Florida looking forward to playing NCAA basketball but do to some eligibility rules she could not play in her final years in college. So, she to the position as team manager so she could still be involved in the sport she loved.
At the end of December 2014, she received a Bachelor in Interdisciplinary with a minor in Exception Education. After graduation, she returned to Portugal, where she started her professional basketball career.
In the 2015 basketball season, the team she played for again gave her to the pleasure of becoming a National Champion, that summer she was able to take a job working with exceptional students at the Special Olympic World Games. The summer of 2015 she returned to the states as the coach of the teen division basketball coach, her team played in Los Angeles, California.
At the close of the games, she returns to Portugal, moving to an Island called Madeira to continue her basketball career. She had the opportunity to be the represent for the
Portuguese National team. During the summers between basketball season, she now has the pleasure of working at Summit Camp for kids with special needs in Pennsylvania.
Currently, she continues to playing basketball in Portugal. She plans to take my master in recreational therapy, as her professional aspiration is to work with the Special Olympic Association from disadvantaged countries. She wants to use all my knowledge and skills that she has developed among the years to help people with disabilities.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maryann
Student Author - Spring 2017
Maryann is a designer, front-end developer and family gal. I like to doodle over fonts and pour through code. Designing web interfaces has to be one of the most challenging and rewarding careers, next to teaching. Requiring constant upgrading of knowledge, meeting demanding deadlines and finding solutions to criticism. And that’s why I love it. In my spare time, I spend as much time with my family Geocaching and playing Pokemon Go. I have an incredibly family and patient husband, James and three wonderful children. Chances are, you’ll find me either in front of a computer screen, at school, or with my family.
