Girls on the Run International (GOTRI) is the parent organization of more than 200 Girls on the Run councils across the United States and Canada. GOTRI establishes, trains and supports a network of community-level councils with local volunteers. The volunteers serve as role models to the girls through coaching the 10-week, 20 lesson curricula. The curriculum is delivered in these areas through after-school programs, recreation centers and other non-profit settings. I am currently a Girls on the Run Program Director of Middlesex County overseeing 5,000 girls from grades 3rd-5th ✨

So grateful that Donna Dourney York and Lynn Sherman entrusted me with this role. Definitely a full circle moment as I’ve participated in the program as a young girl and coach 🫶🏽
Special thanks to Gainbridge for this grant that will provide scholarships to families who want their girls to participate in such a hollistic program no matter what background they come from 🫂 Thank you to the NY office of ESPN for being a great host to some of our NJ Girls on the Run team 🏃‍♀️ It’s refreshing to see authentic care for women in athletics and support mentorship in those fields.

Eager to contribute to an intentional organization that helped shaped me into the courageous young woman I am today and help ensure our girls all over the country grow as community leaders and healthy individuals ✨

Mission: We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

Vision: We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

The program focuses on professional development for individuals who are interested in the business side of sports by offering career advice, resume and interview guidance, and opportunities to network directly with industry professionals. Selected participants attend live sessions led by front-office staff, where they gain insight into areas like marketing, data analytics, corporate partnerships, ticket sales, and fan engagement.

Truly grateful for all the great connections and insight regarding the organization, the NFL, and different sectors in the sports industry 💚 Eager to take what was learned on my career path with continued humility and joy!

Completed a part of the hashtag#classof2025 from NYU Summer Publishing Institute 📖💻🎥 Going into this I had this slight fear regarding “networking”. The term seemed so daunting. One of the many things #nyusps #nyuspi has taught me, is that networking is simply a tribe that uplifts and wants the absolute best for you ✨

Thank you so much Georgina Levitt Sharyn Rosart for jam packed days! Final Projects were absolutely stellar. Shout out to this wonderful team; it was a pleasure working with such bright minds 😊 Being apart of the editoral team within the imprint of Science Fiction/Fantasy, wasn’t a genre of too familiar with ( aside from hashtag#starwars ). Yet, my fellow teammates make it a joy to be creative and understand the business aspects that go into the publishing process of a book 📖

Thanks to New York University Summer Publishing Institute, I had the incredible opportunity to write a report on my visit to the Strand bookstore 📕 Special thanks to Walker Iversen and Kat Pongrace for the tour and insight!

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Starting 2026 off write 😉✏️ Grateful to announce my spring internship with GIRLS’​ LIFE magazine. Working closely with GL editorial and creative teams to help fulfill the mission of accurately informing and inspiring tween and teen girls is a blessing 💗
GL has won multiple Parents’ Choice Gold Awards and multiple The Parents’ Guide to Children’s Media Awards, hence my excitement to be a part of such a strong team this upcoming season.

Although commercialized love day is over with, this piece is very timely for our young women to start developing every day habits to stop comparing their love life with others! I hope you all enjoy the read and share with those you care about ✨

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Had an amazing morning with HISPA Sharing inspiration alongside Lauren Cabrera ✨ Having conversations about being yourself and accepting rejection! Every time I speak at schools or events, it reminds me why I do the work I do. HISPA has been nothing short of a blessing. In the same way I speak with students about my story, they speak to me. Teaching me to continue to be myself and humble. So grateful to carry out with mission with other women leaders and all those who support us 💪🏽

Such a fruitful experience this past Wednesday at a middle school in Elizabeth, NJ 🏫 Special thanks to Rod Colón for this opportunity not only so the students can hopefully learn from me, but where I can also continually learn from them 🧠
I am very blessed to begin my journey as a HISPA role model teaching young children to embrace education and inspire them to follow their dreams alongside role models like Kevin Lizama, MBA
It was so special having students ask me about how I paid for college or how I got over the hardest phases in my life 🫂 We never know what our children today are facing. It’s important to have organizations whose mission in part is to teach children how to overcome adversity 🏆

Thank you Dr. Mary Margaret Carrillo (Doctora MMC) for your invitation to the Latina Voices Institute NY listening tour event 💜

Listening and sharing on what Latinas need in the tri-state area was truly grounding. Your expertise and research are valuable; especially how the common thread amongst multigenerational Latinas are:

💵 Familia, Funding, and Faith

I look forward to nurturing all the connections made with these new faces in mi familia and creating space for all generations to have professional confidence that comes within 🌺

A heartfelt thank you to Latinx In Sports and hashtag#AlanaMeraz for creating such a meaningful space yesterday evening. And shout out to hashtag#BrooklynSportsEntertainment for being great hosts, especially the finance team 😅

One message that truly resonated was that Latinas are NOT a monolith in the sports industry 🎾 🏀

Natalia Pedroza shared how identifying your power of influence is key to showing up 100% unapologetically Latina, especially in rooms where we are not always represented. Jachele Vélez highlighted the importance of cultural competency. Both areas I am excited to grow in.

It’s inspiring to know these three women are leading in their fields and are willing to share their wisdom with the next generation. This is what partly drives a sports brand that reflects its diverse and loyal fan base, especially Latinas. The data does not lie and neither do the honest stories shared.

On behalf on Girls on the Run Central NJ, I got to go to my first ever Babes in Buisness event 💄 🧳

It was so nice hearing from the panel of successful entrepreneurs and sharing the meaningful work of Girls on the Run Central NJ!

“Learn to pivot, not just push through” is just one of the meaningful sentiments shared yesterday evening 🌙

When seeking partnerships or implementing sites, it can feel easier to expedite the challenging parts. Yet, having a pivot mentality is what creates longstanding success beyond emotion.

I’m so grateful I got to share my story to young girls in the town I’ve grown up in! Something that I cherish with such humility.

Being able to be transparent with struggles and strengths is how these young girls rise to be confident women who are LEADERS in their desired fields 🏆

Inspiring morning spent at Rutgers University–New Brunswick for their inaugural SEED Forum (Scarlet Engagement Exploration Day) ⭐️

Special thanks to the Division of Access and Community Engagement at institution for putting together this event and purposefully putting together tables where collaboration between community members, faculty, and staff were met 😊

So grateful to make new connections, highlight some of the important efforts at currently at Girls on the Run Central New Jersey 💓 a longstanding organization with roots in Rutgers.

Had the absolute pleasure of accepting the invitation to read aloud one of my favorite books of all time!

Read Across America is so special as business leaders and community role models can connect with students 🌈

What do you do with an idea? You feed it food. No matter how silly or how crazy people think you are 🥚👑 A lesson we can take no matter what our career path looks like.

What a memorable MLK JR Day of Service thanks to AmeriCorps and Jersey Cares!

Thanks to all the volunteers who put together amazing kits filled with empowering goodies like journals and encouraging stress balls. The girls at GOTR Central New Jersey are going to be so appreciative ✨

Such a beautiful Thursday spent with Center for Communication at BRIC in Brooklyn today 🚇 Special thanks to Camila B. for guiding attendees through all the amazing workshops today.

Very inspiring from panelists such as Nikki A. Bethel (She/Her/Hers) from the Emma Bowen Foundation, to my fellow media loving peers I had to absolute joy of meeting for the first time today 🫶🏽

As women, our perspectives matter within storytelling globally. However it starts with our local community. Let us push for media to represent reality and keep breaking those glass ceilings with and for one another 💅🏽

Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce did a great job hosting the Central Jersey Book Festival 📚

Although I couldn’t stay for long, it was so exciting talking to local authors and seeing their imaginative ideas come to life ✏️

I hope some of you plan on attending a book festival 🔜 it’ll be great just in time for some holiday shopping 🛍️;)

Had such an insightful time at RWJUHH CENTER FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS for Healthier Middlesex CHIP (Community Health Improvement Plan) Committee Meeting this afternoon 🏥 on behalf of Girls on the Run International (Central Jersey)

It was so great meeting new people and hearing the accomplishments of community organizations in Middlesex ✨ Moreso how we can continue to support one another in meeting community needs such as hashtag#EndDiaperNeed 🤰🏽

Filled with such gratitude as I got to spend my afternoon at the The Atlantic 🧜‍♂️ Special thanks to Megha Garibaldi for such grace in the way you gave insight to your career journey and your contribution to the premium news source The Atlantic is and will continue to be 📲 Can’t wait for The Atlantic Festival this September 😁!

Had such a great time at Young Publishers Association summer mixer 🌞 🍺 Before my New York University SPI friends and I stopped at a Magazine cafe where we saw this awesome Howl’s Moving Castle notebook!

This heat wave has nothing on kind people in the publishing industry from uplifting one another 🫂 … okay maybe no one hugged cuz we were sweating… and maybe we all shared really good book recs 😅 REGARDLESS NETWORKING WAS A SUCCESS!

So blessed to be working with Dr. Mansi Brat, Dr. Joshua Guitar, and some of my Communication Department Peers through Engage NJ program, who is funding our research work “Fostering Community through Campus Protest.”

So grateful for today! So grateful for research! So grateful for professors who bring sharpies to fix name tags! Today at Kean Research Day, I presented a rhetorical analysis of Palestine and Israel through Western Media. Grateful for all those who stopped by, mentorship from Dr.Guitar, and great friends like Liliana Carredo

I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday morning than eating authentic Colombian cuisine and learning about the beautiful culture 🇨🇴 Los latinos representan !