This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luciana Pereyra, a 25-year-old Peruvian national who moved to the US at 17 on a tennis scholarship, lost her H-1B-sponsored job in 2025, and had to return to Peru. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and I’ve been into tennis since I was 7, when my dad first took me to a court five minutes from our house. My parents had always wanted me to play a sport.
I started competing when I was around 11, and by 14, I was watching older girls from my club go to the US on tennis scholarships. I wanted that, too. An agency connected me with US college coaches…
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