Chris was the Chief Program Officer at Coaching Corps, a national nonprofit that provides volunteer coaching recruitment, professional development for coaches through training, and mentorship support for active coaches, all free of charge to youth sports programs impacting under-resourced communities. Chris is now the Senior Director of Community Impact at the Angel City Football Club in the National Women's Soccer League.
Chris previously spent seven years in education, teaching marine mammal conservation and physiology as a dolphin trainer in Santa Cruz, California and Belize, Central America. He then continued his career in education as a high school science teacher in Palo Alto, California. Chris lives in Los Angeles, where he enjoys playing beach volleyball and continues to coach and play soccer.
Please join me in welcoming Chris Fajardo to Sports on the Spectrum.