Chief Program Officer (Joined 2008)

Yuri has the best bicycle kick on the SCORES staff and is a wizard at footvolley on the beach, due to his years playing on the US Beach Soccer National Team. He earned his stripes playing NCAA Division 1 soccer in college, and later professionally in Denmark and Brazil. Prior to SCORES he worked for the San Jose Earthquakes.

Yuri oversees program partnerships, curriculum design, online learning platforms, professional development of staff and coaches, and leads the organization's effort in data collection and evaluation.

Yuri earned his BA from University of Massachusetts and a master's degree in education from UC Berkeley where he researched Cultural Studies of Sport in Education.

Contact Yuri - ymorales@americascores.org