Dr. Bianca Edison grew up dancing ballet and spent time working in healthy policy before going back to medical school.  

Currently, she is a pediatric sports medicine physician in the Children’s Orthopedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She’s a team physician for the LA Galaxy soccer team and LA Kings Youth Hockey. 

Bianca is also a board member of the LA Chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance and chair of the female athlete committee for PRiSM, the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society.

We talk about

• Building resilience through her experiences as a black woman physician
• Striving to be 1% better every day
• Accepting vulnerability to live courageously and resiliently

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Anna Zamora, or Coach Z, is a strength and conditioning coach at DePaul University who is also a member of the Illinois National Guard.  Currently, she’s on leave from DePaul while helping to develop the Army combat fitness test as a project officer for the Guard.

Anna did not go directly to college after high school, working in a bank for 6 years before joining the military as a route to earn her college degree.  After college she earned a Master's in sport management. 

Coach Z has worked at Duke, Yale, UConn, and Penn State before finding herself at DePaul.  Throughout it all, she has kept up her commitment in the Army, and her current position developing the Army combat fitness test truly merges two of her strongest passions.

We talk about

• Taking a non-traditional path in her education and career
• How to quickly build a support system when moving between jobs
• Building a healthy personal relationship with fitness that is not based on fitting a certain physical look or external expectation

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Catie Dann is a senior associate athletic trainer at the University of Connecticut, where her primary sport is women’s soccer.  She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Kinesiology at UConn and serves as treasurer for the Connecticut Athletic Trainer’s Association. 

We talk about

• Being a voice in your own profession
• How to let out frustrations and acknowledge emotions so they can go away
• How making a mistake is not a failure, but an opportunity to learn and continue to grow

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NiCole Keith, PhD, is a full Professor and the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences.  Her research surrounds positively influencing health outcomes through physical activity and fitness while addressing health equity.  

Currently, Dr. Keith is President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  She is also on the advisory board for both ACSM Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index.

We talk about:

• The challenges of being a black woman professor and first black president of ACSM
• How she developed a thick skin to stay tough instead of mad  
• The importance of representation and her work to develop and support diversity 

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Dr. Mary Mulcahey is an orthopedic surgeon who completed a fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine. We talked about so many important career-related topics I had trouble picking any one of them for the title of this episode!

Dr. Mulcahey is currently the Director of Tulane's Women's Sports Medicine Program.  In addition to being a team physician for Tulane Athletics, she is also a team physician for local gymnastics, roller derby, and women's rugby teams.

Mary is the only female board member for the Arthroscopy Association of North America.  She also serves on the editorial board for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and is secretary for the Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society.

While doing all of that, she also has over 100 publications!

We talk about:

• The benefits of having different mentors for different stages of your career
• The critical nature of having a strong network and the changes in networking
• Finding ways to contribute meaningfully while also serving your own career when considering new opportunities

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Dr. Tina Master is a sports medicine physician who went back to school to complete her sports medicine fellowship after 17 years in practice as an academic pediatrician.

Currently, Tina works at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in the division of Orthopedics, the Sports Medicine and Performance Center, and the Division of General Pediatrics Primary Care. 

At CHOP, Tina helped develop the program Concussion Care for Kids: Minds Matter. Her concussion research is primarily through the Center for Injury Research and Prevention.

On her podcast episode, we talk about:

• Having humility to be a better learner after essentially going back to school after 17 years
• Putting great people on your team to help support you in your career
• How mentoring happens across multiple levels

For links to her recent publication on pupillary light reflex measures in concussion, the ACSM podcast she co-hosts, and to follow her on twitter, check out this episode's show notes:

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Maddy Evans is a former professional athlete who played five seasons in the National Women's Soccer League.  She played with the Boston Breakers and the Orlando Pride.

Maddy transitioned out of professional sports by taking a job coaching for the West Chester University's women's soccer team.  At West Chester University, Maddy is also an adjunct faculty member.

We talk about:

• The challenges and joy of being a professional athlete
• The difficulty of stepping away from your sport and how it impacts your identity
• How worth is found in the journey along the way in pursuit of a goal

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Dr. Lacee' Carmon-Johnson is the Director of Professional Development for Purdue Athletics as well as their Associate Director for Academic Services.  She also teaches as an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University.

Lacee' has won the NCAA Innovations in Research grant and is currently a member of the NCAA Dr. Charles Whitcomb Leadership Institute.

We talk about:

• building your network across institutions and job titles
• pursuing your own professional development
• the importance of self-care

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Athletic trainer, Dr. Samm Scarneo-Miller is currently an assistant professor and program director for the athletic training program at West Virginia University. She also works with US Lacrosse as a member of its Sports Science and Safety Committee and Research Subcommittee.

Previously Samm worked for the Korey Stringer Institute as Vice President of Sport Safety. She continues to work with KSI as a consultant.

Samm is the winner of the 2020 Connecticut Athletic Trainers' Association athletic trainer of the year award. She promotes youth and high school sport safety through the development of policies and procedures. Samm is a strong advocate for a public health approach to sport safety and the importance of athletic trainers.

We talk about:

• Turning a challenge into an educational opportunity
• Becoming involved with advocacy for your profession and the safety of your athletes
• Showing your worth and demanding respect

Show notes with links to the Korey Stringer Institute, Samm's twitter account, and a recent publication highlighting the effect of her advocacy work can be found here:

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Julie Hubbard is a physical therapist who is dedicated to helping soccer players better understand ACL injuries. As an NCAA Division I soccer player who sustained 4 ACL injuries in her career, she's used her unique experience and background to start her own business.

We talk about

• Learning about business to expand your career options
• Using your personal experience and passions to fuel your business and career
• Developing a community of mentors and peers to share knowledge and learn from one another

To learn more about her business and about ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation, head on over to the show notes for links to her website and Instagram:
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