A Columbia Heights resident, Veraar runs online communications for a nonprofit. But her alter ego, Scarlet O’Snap, is a seven-year roller derby veteran. The league in which Veraar participates, the DC Rollergirls, formed in 2006, has 78 players and is trying to raise $25,000 for a permanent place to practice.

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