Hello! My name is Graciela Kerr. I am a three sport varsity scholar athlete with a 4.0+ GPA at SRVHS. I verbally committed to continue my athletic career playing lacrosse at the University Of California, Berkeley. I have a passion for youth in sport, specifically highlighting the benefits they give to female athletes in building their character and connecting our community. 

I feel closest to my community when playing sports. Even through being sidelined by injury my freshman year, I felt supported by my teammates. Their dedication to my physical and emotional health made me realize the depth of their impact. I decided I wanted to spread the feeling of family they gave me. 

Through GOTR’s principles of confidence boosting, strengthening connections, character building, and giving back to the community, I am able to fulfill this goal. As a Junior Coach I work with compassionate mentoring adult coaches and energetic considerate girls. Each lesson I teach about friendship, positive self-talk, confidence, response to difficulties, and star power, teach me as much as the girls I coach.

GOTR inspired me to find more ways to empower women in sports by becoming an intern with the Voice In Sport organization. I started a VIS chapter at my school to spread awareness about the impact of sport and highlight female athletes' struggles with inequality. I learned that one of those inequalities was access to adequate equipment, specifically sports bras. 

With the help of Catherine Muriel and Juliana Benfica, I connected GOTR with the charity organization Bras for Girls, to donate sports bras for our GOTR scholarship girls.

I am thankful for the connections that I have made through GOTR and the life skills they have taught me. I look forward to Junior Coaching next season to empower more girls to incorporate movement and star power into their lives.

Want to join Graciela and coach this spring? Sign up now at https://www.gotrbayarea.org/coach!