When Kleiton Almeida walked into Miami's Eneida M. Hartner Elementary School a little over a year ago, he brought his experience serving in the Middle East and Africa with him. For the Navy veteran, working at the school was an opportunity he earned through Operation Coach, an initiative started by Up2Us Sports, a non-profit founded in 2010 that aims to use sports to help at-risk youth and foster child development, while helping vets re-enter the workforce and life at home. “I wanted to make an impact,” Almeida told The Huffington Post.