Reina: The Salvadoran Center-Back Who Fled the Gangs

Reina Cruz and her family fled the MS-13 gang from Río Zarco, Santa Ana, to Houston, where she became a soccer player. Reina returned 12 years later to début on the women’s national team. She and her partner, Megan Bennett, are striving to play together for El Salvador, a country that does not recognize same-sex marriage, posing unsettling questions for a society hostile toward women and its LGBTQ population.