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Júlia Vergueiro

Brazil

Júlia had a job as an analyst in the largest bank in Latin America, and she was advancing in her career only three years into the job. The opportunities for growth and development in this field were numerous, but her heart was somewhere else. Her heart was on the soccer pitch.

Podcast

Strong Women. Better World. Season 1, Episode 11. - Daring Leadership, Bold Action with Ashreen Mridha (Bangladesh) and Júlia Vergueiro (Brazil)

The Strong Women. Better World. Podcast is a globe-trotting storytelling project about fearless women who are using the power of sport, education, and social innovation to create a better world. These women stand on the shoulders of pioneers who fought for the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that gave rise to the female athlete in the United States and has significant worldwide ripple effects.

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“(TITLE IX IS) A SOCIAL REVOLUTION WITH AN IMPACT
AS LARGE AS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.”

BERNICE (BUNNY) SANDLER