Reyna Pacheco

{{short description|American professional squash player (born 1994)}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Reyna Pacheco | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Reyna Isabel Pacheco Rios | nickname = | country = {{USA}} | residence = | University = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|07|1}} | birth_place = Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | height = 149cm | weight = 52kg | turnedpro = | retired = Active | plays = Right Handed | coach = Natalie Grinham, Renato Paiva | racquet = Prince | website = | event = Women's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 70 | date_of_highest_ranking = September 2017 | current_ranking = No. 77 | date_of_current_ranking = February 2018 | WorldOpenresult = | titles = | finals = | medaltemplates = | updated = February, 2018 }} '''Reyna Pacheco''' (born 1 July 1994 in Mexico) is an American professional squash player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/8389|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com}}</ref> As of February 2018, she was ranked number 77 in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/10234-reyna-pacheco|title=Squash Info - Reyna Pacheco|website=www.squashinfo.com}}</ref>

==Early life== Pacheco grew up in San Diego after immigrating from Tijuana, Mexico with her mother and brother at the age of 4.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keates |first1=Nancy |title=Ivy League Imports Squash Stars From Unlikely Places |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivy-league-imports-squash-stars-from-unlikely-places-1386900635 |accessdate=22 January 2020 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=12 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Terrazas |first1=Alexis |title=Squashing the odds: Latina immigrant breaks stereotypes |url=http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/squashing-the-odds-latina-immigrant-breaks-stereotypes/ |accessdate=22 January 2020 |publisher=El Tecolote |date=8 October 2015}}</ref> She received her Permanent Resident Card shortly before attending Columbia University, on a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium scholarship.<ref name="ozy-squash">{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1=James |title=The Squash Pro Who Grew Up an Undocumented Immigrant |url=https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-squash-pro-who-grew-up-an-undocumented-immigrant/72135/ |accessdate=22 January 2020 |publisher=OZY |date=16 December 2016}}</ref>

==Career== White paper publishing [2025]

==In popular culture== Pacheco's story was featured in the true stories collection "Little America" from Epic Magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Little America |url=http://epicmagazine.com/littleamerica/ |publisher=Epic Magazine |accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref> and served as the storyline for the second episode of the TV Series Little America.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuever |first1=Hank |title='Little America's' vignettes of the immigrant experience sometimes feel a little too sunny |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/little-americas-vignettes-of-the-immigrant-experience-sometimes-feel-a-little-too-sunny/2020/01/16/08614cfc-37de-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html |accessdate=22 January 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=16 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Patton |first1=Rebecca |title=The True Stories 'Little America' Is Based On Are Incredibly Inspirational |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-true-stories-little-america-is-based-on-are-incredibly-inspirational-20514186 |accessdate=22 January 2020 |publisher=Bustle |date=16 January 2020}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pacheco, Reyna}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:American female squash players Category:American people of Mexican descent Category:Sportspeople of Mexican descent Category:Undocumented immigrants to the United States Category:21st-century American sportswomen