Kaylia Player.
Before the mission, there was a person. This page is for her — for who she was, and for the family who loves her still.
Remembering Kaylia Player.
19 years old · Taken from us by domestic violence in 2021
Kaylia was happiest when she was surrounded by friends, and helping people came naturally to her. If she were still here today, her family believes she would be a nurse, or working with children at a school or daycare — caring for people the way she always did.
She is survived by her siblings: Kamar Player, Kendric K. Player, and Daisheau Player.
Her brother Dontrel Carroll also passed away in 2021. He is remembered with her, and missed just as dearly.
She had a good spirit and was always a happy person. We miss her dearly.— The Player family
Her name, in the headlines.
Local news has covered Kaylia’s story and the march her brother leads to keep her case alive. Read their reporting.
Five Years After Irvington Homicide, Brother Marches to Keep Kaylia Player’s Case Alive
Hoodline · August 2026
Five years unsolved: a Baltimore brother turns grief into a march for his sister’s case — and into the mission that became Kaylia’s Opportunity.
A name, not a headline.
Kaylia’s Opportunity carries her name so that she stays in the conversation — not as a statistic, but as a young woman who loved being around people and made room for them. Saying her name, and the names of others lost to domestic violence, is how a community keeps its people present.
How her name shows up.
Everything this organization does is done in her memory: mentoring, GED training, jobs and career readiness, trades training, a Creative Arts Hub, housing support, and mental health services. Each one is a door she did not get to walk through, held open for someone else.
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