Sports
Today’s guest is Consandria Walker-Hall. Walker-Hall is the Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). She was just named the 2018 NCAA Women’s Division III National Coach of the Year in her sport. Walker-Hall also works as an adjunct professor at Fisher College. A native of Jamaica, Walker-Hall briefly describes her migration to America, the culture shock, and how sport helped her adjust to a new life. Walker-Hall learned early in life, from grandmother, mother, aunts and Jamaican heritage, that a woman can do anything. Hired as the head coach right out of college, Walker-Hall talks about the struggles of being a young coach and a black female. At one point in her career, she talks about trying to change herself to be accepted, but later she realized that it is nothing wrong with her. Walker-Hall is a mother and coach achieving at a high level with a insufficient budget compared to her Division I and II counterparts. Hear her story. Produced by the Institute For Sport & Social Justice (ISSJ). Hosted by Mat Edelson, journalist and producer having appeared on NPR, ABC, ESPN, and in Houghton-Mifflin’s annual series, “The Best American Sports Writing.” “See Us Now – Invisible Women In Sport”