ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — Maia Chaka will become the first Black female on-field official in NFL history, the league announced on Friday.
Chaka, who has officiated college football and XFL games, will begin her new role this upcoming season.
When not on the field, she’s a teacher for at-risk youth at her home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Chaka told ESPN she wants to inspire young girls both on and off the field.
“It gives those girls an opportunity to see, ‘OK, I can see my teacher works with people who don’t look like her, and maybe
