Hi, I'm Lorenzo

Lorenzo Peluso

Founder & Developer

I'm from Modica, Sicily, Italy. The biggest struggle for people, at least in Italy, is the language. My parents told me if I didn't get a full scholarship, we couldn't afford it. But after losing my scholarship due to injuries and transfers, I discovered something incredible: I didn't just survive financially - I actually made money while getting my degree and playing the sport I loved.

When I arrived, I spoke one language. Now I speak four. I watched my best friend Sebastiano Musu, who played with me at Campbellsville, make his MLS debut with New York City FC. I have friends from all over the world who are like brothers to me - because we lived the same experience, the same distance from home, the same fight to prove ourselves.

One year can change your entire life.

Every time I went home to Sicily, people asked: "Don't you need to know English to start? How can I go if I don't speak the language?" That's their biggest fear. And I get it - I couldn't even understand my coach during my first practices. But within two months, I was speaking proper English. The language barrier is real, but it's not a wall. It's a door.

When I started talking to my teammates - international students from everywhere - I heard the same story over and over: they paid thousands of dollars to agencies. And now that they understood how the process actually works, they realized they could have done it themselves. They could have saved that money. Some could have gotten even better opportunities.