Candace Parker is a force to be
reckoned with. Her story came
full circle last season after full circle last season after
she won her second Wshe won her second WNBA NBA
chamchampionship—pionship—her first with her first with
her homher hometown teametown team, the Chi-, the Chi-
cago Sky. She’s a chamcago Sky. She’s a champion pion
(and six-tim(and six-time We WNBA All-Star) NBA All-Star)
who has built a legacy by revo-who has built a legacy by revo-
lutionizing her gamlutionizing her game. As a fel-e. As a fel-
low athlete and a fellow parent, low athlete and a fellow parent,
I admI admire what she’s accomire what she’s accom--
plished and how she has taken plished and how she has taken
her daughter all over the world her daughter all over the world
while playing to provide for her while playing to provide for her
famfamily. Her comily. Her commmitmitment is un-ent is un-
paralleled, as are her insights: paralleled, as are her insights:
through her work as an NBA through her work as an NBA
comcommmentator, she always of-entator, she always of-
fers mfers me a different way to think e a different way to think
about the gamabout the game. She is inspir-e. She is inspir-
ing not only to the next gener-ing not only to the next gener-
ation of players but also to all ation of players but also to all
young people, and she uses her young people, and she uses her
platformplatform with incredible in- with incredible in-
tent, mtent, most recently producing ost recently producing
a feature- length documa feature- length documentary entary
about how Title IX advanced about how Title IX advanced
the cause of gender equality in the cause of gender equality in
the U.S. So mthe U.S. So many young womany young women en
watching Candace are seeing watching Candace are seeing
how she’s living out loud and how she’s living out loud and
achieving greatness. Her leg-achieving greatness. Her leg-
end is only growing. end is only growing.
WWade is a three-time NBA ade is a three-time NBA
champion, sports analyst, champion, sports analyst,
and entrepreneurand entrepreneur
Sônia Guajajara’s parents couldn’t
read, and she had to leave home at
age 10 to work. Despite this, she de-
fied statistics and managed to gradu-
ate university. From an early age,
she fought forces that have been
trying to exterminate her commu-
nity’s roots for over 500 years. Sonia
resisted and she continues to re-
sist today: against machismo, as a
woman and a feminist; against the
massacre of Indigenous peoples, as
an activist; and against neoliberal-
ism, as a socialist. In 2018, she be-
came the first Indigenous womanSôniaSônia
GuajajaraGuajajara
SafeguardingSafeguarding
the Amthe AmheAmazonazonazon
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ComCommmitted and conscientiousitted and conscientious
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