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You Go Girl! WRITTEN BY Samantha Arnold
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ichelle Delloso knows that achieving your dreams can sometimes be a matter of making the right choice and getting that lucky break. As a marketing consultant for adidas, she also knows that achieving your dreams takes a lot of hard work and determination. And with years under her belt as a professional softball and baseball player, Delloso is now in the market to help young girls achieve their dreams. As the founder of the Go Girl Futures Program, Delloso hopes to help young girls interested in sports build self esteem and become motivated through athletics, helping them with their physical and mental wellbeing.
“I believe in enriching kids through sports,” she says. “I have been given so much and now I want to reach out and help other girls who are where I used to be.” Delloso was exposed to sports as a young child in Pennsylvania, with a father and brother who taught her how to play baseball. “My father always believed girls should be able to play with the boys,” she says. “At age 6 I began tagging along with my older brother playing sandlot baseball. Baseball was my first love. I picked it up quickly.” Unfortunately there were no baseball opportunities for older girls and it was in a time before Title IX was passed, which helped to ensure equal athletic opportunity to both male and female students. So Delloso turned to playing softball.
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