Coach Rubio Gomez and the Cosmic Wolves
Gomez’s soccer teammate Josselin Possian took a slightly longer route to come home to CSC. He joined the Columbia Heights Youth Soccer League as a high school junior. He was subsequently recruited to play at the college level for the University of Virginia, eventually leveraging his talent to a full-time professional career with stints on teams in Spain, Germany, France and Holland. The restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic made Possian want to be closer to home, so after eight years of living in Europe, he returned to D.C. Gomez heard his friend was back in town and asked him to consider working for CSC. “Rubio pointed out that we benefited so much from the organization, and it was our time to give back to the community, and I totally agreed,” Possian said. Under Ms. Penny’s direction, he took on the role of program coordinator, running a program focused on gang intervention that he calls “Share Some Love.” “I work with kids—boys and girls—from ages 11 to 17, going into schools and listening to them, helping them feel heard and getting their problems addressed,” he said. “It’s a really
fulfilling job because when kids come in all tense and closed down, I get to bring joy back to their faces. They show up hurt or angry, but they leave happy. And that’s the real power of CSC.”
Josselin Possian
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