Fifteen years ago, when Laura decided to go professional, women’s football (let alone women’s freestyle football) was still widely considered an amateur sport and didn’t receive anywhere near as much attention (nor the funding or opportunities) as men’s soccer.
Since then, she has made it a personal mission to increase female visibility and involvement in freestyle football.
“Seeing women travel the world today to compete in various championships and getting the respect and recognition they deserve, makes me very happy,” she said.
Laura has achieved multiple international titles in her career so far and is the first and only Latin American to be crowned world champion and also the best ranked Latin American in the history of freestyle.
She often expresses her utmost pride in representing Venezuela, Latin America, and the entire American continent and highlighting the region’s freestyle ability.
Laura has bagged multiple medals from competing in freestyle competitions.
Moreover, well-known for her super skills, Laura also became one of the ambassadors of Guinness World Records Day 2021, which celebrated the theme of incredible abilities. On that occasion, the athlete broke two records:
- Most sit-down football crossovers in 30 seconds (female) – 62
- Most double around the world ball control tricks in one minute (female) - 24
Her success has taken her far beyond the arena of football freestyle competitions staged by the likes of Red Bull and the World Football Freestyle Association (WFFA), as the skills and cool aesthetic of the art-sport hybrid have captured the imagination of both the public and corporations.