[PODCAST] Finding My New Identity When I Stopped Playing Sports
After dedicating their whole live, time, effort and dreams to sports, every athlete goes throw a hard process trying to find their new identity once they stop playing their sport.
In this episode I get to sit with four amazing Latina Athletes to learn from their journey in sports and their transition to the work force. Get Inspired and Learn from them!
I feel extremely blessed to share with you our very first “Live Recording” episode in celebration of Rollos de Mujeres Podcast third anniversary! And what a better way to do it than in this platform where we get to learn from amazing latinas in sports. Thank you so much to Adelante Texas for making this possible. If you want to get involved, participate and help Adelante Texas to keep showcasing Latina Stories follow them in Instagram here! www.instagram.com/adelantetexas
Pam Zuniga
Born in Dallas, Texas. Parent migrated to the United States to seek better life opportunities. Pam grew up in Carrollton, Texas and graduated R.L Turner High School , attended Brookhaven Collage where she played collegiate soccer for Jimmy. After a year playing for Jimmy, he offered a job to work at Soccer Innovations and have been there for almost 7 years.
Lucia Morales
Lucia’s passion is swimming. She has represented Mexico in multiple National and International meets, and broke several mexican national swim records. She was the team captain for the Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) National Champion Swim Team. She joined the OBU coaching staff in 2015 and went on to coach her first National Championship team. Lucia joined the American Airlines Center team in 2021, she provides customer service for 80+ accounts, and plans and produces Platinum Premiere Special events during the year tu support their retention program.
Alyssa Taramona
An accomplished goalkeeper and experienced head coach, was hired as the Texas Woman’s University soccer assistant coach. Taramona was named to the United Soccer Coaches 2021-2022 under 30 Program in October 2021. In her personal career, a native of Forney, TX she played at St. Mary’s University. A four -year letter winner, Taramona played goalkeeper for the Rattlers and earned all Heartland Conference Honors during her time as a Rattler.
Johanna Sánchez
Soccer coach with over a decade of experience, Johanna has dedicated her career to nurturing youth athletes. She has coached the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas youth teams as well as high school and middle school teams. She currently coaches the Olympic Develompent Program for North Texas and serves as a video assistant referee for MLS matches. Johanna is the founder of Skills 4 Soccer.
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Ana Cruz
Rollos de Mujeres - Podcast