When you’re far away from home, it is hard to adapt to everything going on around you, let alone having to handle academics and athletics at the same time. Just ask Rocio Safont who is over 4,000 miles away from home.
“I came to America with no English, so it was really hard for me. I was homesick so I missed my family and friends, but I am doing better now.” said Safont.
Safont is a 5-foot-7-inch freshman on the Charlotte Women’s Tennis team. She was born on Jan. 15, 1999 in Borriana, Spain to José Safont Muñoz and Inmaculada Branchadell Renau.