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Pablo Bayona Sapag is Editor-in-Chief and co-Founder of CLUBELEVEN, the digital media publication connecting football fans across North America.
Born in Peru to a Peruvian father and Chilean mother he was destined to be passionate about something. Unsurprisingly that was football.
Pablo shares his love of storytelling, the opportunistic origins of CLUBELEVEN, formed with brother Gabriel, and how it would ultimately lead him away from a career in medicine. Imagine having to tell your parents, who happen to be doctors!
But the heart wants what it wants and it's to our gain as the platform and it's talented nationwide roster of contributors continue to deliver untold and inspiring stories from the American game.
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Killian Page is a Boston born, San Francisco based Director, Photographer and Producer.
If you're not familiar with the name, don't worry he hadn't heard of me either. But you will have seen his work with San Francisco City FC.
Killian details his childhood discovery and love of photography before sports and all the other things that go with being a teen temporarily re routed his path until re-arming himself with a camera whilst studying Industrial Psychology on the West Coast.
Post college he continued shooting whilst working for sustainable footwear brand IndoSole. When the pandemic hit, rather than taking cover in the relative safety of the corporate environment, he took a shot at full-time photography.
He shares the roles of both building relationships within his community and the support of his network in his successes to date, how to add structure to the unstructured freelance landscape – including the odd semester at the University of Youtube, and the three main requirements of turning your creative skills into a sustainable, professional business.
At the heart of it all, collaboration, connection and community are the bedrock of everything he does.
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Show note: The documentary referenced at the tail end of the episode is titled 'They'll Love Me When I'm Dead', with the subsequent film titled 'The Other Side of the Wind'. Both are available to watch on Netflix

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Pete Hoppins has a career path to pique your interest.
After studying fashion in Northumbria UK, he found himself in London designing for Box Fresh. Wanting a change, he shouted "I'm a designer, get me out of here" and headed to Amsterdam for a role at Nike.
They packed him off to Portland, Oregon where he'd eventually become Design Director for the sporting behemoth.
Then he sacked it all off to run a pub!
From creating designs for football's elite to creating community in his adopted home via the Toffee Club, Pete found fulfilment and balance whilst finding his way around a sink full of dishes.
Entrepreneurship has brought a different set of challenges than those of the corporate environment but Pete shares how the lessons learned in that career help him navigate running the Away Days brewing Co. as well as his design consultancy, Home and Away.
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Aaron Durand is the Sports Marketing Manager at Avery Dennison and arguably the nicest guy in showbiz.
He explains the role Avery Dennison plays within football and beyond (spoiler alert - they're everywhere) and gives a fascinating insight into how they can and will change the way the game is watched.
We also rewind through career stints at Twitter, Adidas and youth counselling, and chat dogs, family, photography, and Andrei Kanchelskis.
Lots to take away throughout on career opportunities, work ethos, relationships and personal growth.
Enjoy!
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Show notes:
Stutz is the documentary we couldn't place and is available to watch on Netflix

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If you know Virginia Dream and Vermont Green you’ll know the work of Casey Peckio; the US designers fingerprints are on the output of both clubs, not least Virginia.
Their 2024 jersey release (you know the one) had all of our eyelashes fluttering in their direction and Casey shares details on the process behind it, why he works with clubs like these, how they push him as a creative and what this path gives him that playing the game didn’t. 
He also offers his perspective on seeking growth in his field, the benefits of collaboration and why he’s excited at the prospect of topping his latest efforts rather than daunted by it. 
But not before we discuss the importance of long distance running, the nuisance of hay fever and brilliance of Bruce Springsteen. 
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As co-founder of Atoot, the grassroots non-profit using football to empower young girls of rural Nepal, Sarah Van Vooren is doing what I’d call God’s work. And the good news is she’s not the only one! 
Sarah shares the origins and mission of Atoot along with the impact it and other organisations like it has on the individuals involved and the communities they are a part of. 
For good measure, she walks us through her own route into the ‘sports for development’ landscape which though has seen her work in countries such as India, Cambodia and Haiti, began on a study trip to Italy whilst on a Golf scholarship. Life, eh? 
An insightful, educational and often inspiring conversation highlighting the positive power of football when harnessed by those such as Sarah, her colleagues and those like them around the world.
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