On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we talk to Jamie Mittelman, former college soccer player, teacher, founder & CEO of Flame Bearers.
Talk about playing sports and how it shaped you growing up.
"Sports were always my favorite part of the day. Growing up I was a 3-season athlete in high school. I played soccer, I ski-raced, I ran track.. And I think personally, it was always the time of day where I connected with friends, laughed with people, got out frustrations from the classroom or annoyances with friends. And it's also something that I personally connected with my family on. My dad was my soccer coach growing up. We had a very active family- we would go hiking together, we would go biking together, we would go skiing together...So I would say many of my best memories are sports-related; I would also say some of my most cringe-worthy and embarrassing moments were sports related, so high-level I would say sports is one of the biggest teachers in my life, for better or worse."
When you were a kid, did you dream about becoming a professional athlete?
"100%. That was definitely my dream. I was born in '88, so the Women's World Cup was '91. I remember watching that when I was 3 years old. That was the first Women's World Cup; there hadn't been a women's world cup before that. And I remember sitting at the TV and just thinking it was the coolest thing ever...The ability to grow up with role models who look and sound like me and play the sport was actually a huge motivational factor for me that led me to do what I'm doing now."
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