Almost 20 years after Lino Sanchez launched a program for inner-city youth who love sports, he and a group of supporters cut the ribbon on the first-ever sport-centric high school in Boston.

Urban Achievers School in Roxbury is a private school that will open later this fall to a cohort of ten freshmen students. It is based on the after-school program Lino founded at Epiphany School in Dorchester where he is also the Athletic Director.

When WBZ featured Lino in one of its first Change Makers profiles in early 2023, he explained that-for many young people-athletic excellence is viewed as a way out of poverty.

What students will learn

Parents encourage it and young people work for it. But those dreams rarely end with professional deals and multi-million-dollar contracts. That is why, f

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