On Monday, June 29, Up2Us Sports officially welcomed 180 Summer VISTAs to the 2020 Up2Us Sports Summer VISTA Program. 180 VISTAs started their nine-week service term at 100 nonprofit organizations nationwide. Their term will end on Friday, August 28th.
15 of the 180 VISTAs have been serving internally at Up2Us Sports in various capacities. We are excited to have this group of ambitious service members help our team across the nation, which will in turn help us better serve our 1,700+ member organizations, 470+ host sites and 250+ coaches in the days and months ahead.
We wanted you to get to know the 15 VISTAs who have spent their summer helping grow the capacity of Up2Us Sports from within.
Name: Natasha Cruz
Age: 22
What city are you located in?
Miami, Florida
What department within Up2Us Sports are you serving in?
M&E / Research - New Orleans
What led you to want to do a service term, particularly right now?
Learn more about informing coaches on physical activity promotion
What does national service mean to you?
An opportunity to help others and lift our nation together
What is one thing you hope to take away from your 9 weeks of service?
Learn something I don't know (I ALREADY HAVE - over and over again)
Did you play sports and did It have an impact on why you decided to serve at a youth sports organization?
I didn't but structured physical activity and staying active lead me to serve at Up2Us Sports.
“Natasha is a current Masters in Public Health student at George Washington University. Through our ongoing partnership with GW, we’ve had the incredible opportunity to work with Natasha this summer. She’s really led the way researching and identifying best practices for training sports coaches to creatively maximize physical activity levels among youth!”
