Alison Mariella Désir
on Air Host out & Back @Cascade Pbs Formerly Kcts 9
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WORK HISTORY
on Air Host out & Back @Cascade Pbs Formerly Kcts 9
Seattle, WA, US
Hosted by author, activist and runner Alison Mariella Désir, this new series covers topics like the running boom, sun down towns, environmental racism, redlining, representation and more. Though these experiences range far and wide, the PNW is full of people and groups who have faced these issues of access and recognition and are actively working to change that. View it here:
EDUCATION
Teachers College of Columbia University
Master's Degree, Counseling Psychology
Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Master's degree, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Teachers College, Columbia University
Master of Education - MEd, Counseling Psychology
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor's degree, History
ABOUT ALISON MARIELLA DÉSIR
Alison Mariella Désir is multi-talented: a founder, a doer, an activist, a connector, and an unapologetically straightforward communicator with a passion for community health. Alison came to running organically, following a period of depression, when a Black friend and role model trained for and completed a marathon. Alison is the author of Running While Black, the tv host and producer of Out & Back w/ Alison Mariella Désir (now streaming) and the host of Out & Back’s companion podcast. Alison is the founder of Harlem Run, an NYC-based running movement, and Run 4 All Women, which has raised over for Planned Parenthood and for Black Voters Matter. Alison is co-founder and former chair of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition, a nonprofit that unites the running industry to provide resources, measure progress, and hold the industry accountable to equitable employment, leadership, and ownership positions and improve inclusion, visibility, and access for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Alison was named as one of the “Changemakers of 2023” by Well + Good, one of the “Power Women of 2022” by Women\'s Running Magazine, and as one of the most influential African Americans, aged 25 to 45, by The Root 100. Alison holds her BA in History, MA in Latin American and Caribbean Regional Studies, and EdM in Counseling Psychology, all from Columbia University. Alison sits on the advisory boards for Strava and & Mother and is an Athlete Ambassador for Athlete Ally.
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