Sarah Chan, a recruiter for one of the National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, has credited Kenya for her successful career.
The Toronto Raptors recruiter and her family lived in Khartoum before they were forced to flee to Kenya in search of a better life due to the Civil War in Sudan.
Speaking to BBC News, she revealed that Kenya was the first place that she could enjoy practicing sports.
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"Kenya was the first place that we could enjoy the right to play sports because in Sudan [playing] sports and seeing a girl or woman in shorts was a taboo.
"Somebody helped me to start playing sports, and without them doing that, I would not be where I am today," Chan revealed.
The 33-year-old South Sudanese landed her job with Toronto Raptors after an NBA executive spotted her working at a basketball camp in Kenya.
She recounted that while in Kenya, her passion for basketball emerged, with the principal asking her if she would love to play.
According to the Laiser Hill alumnus, she was one of the tallest at the school and her principal made sports mandatory after she refused to take part in sports.
The Basketball scout is the first woman to manage African scouting for a team in the NBA.
Chan has competed professionally in Europe and Africa in her 14 years as a player.
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