An important thing for you to know about me is that giving back is my jam. I have always felt the call to help others. I strongly believe that we should help our neighbors and give back to our community. That's how the world thrives!

 

Now, it’s one thing to value giving back and another thing to start organizing events for the running community where 100% of the registration fees are donated to charity. You’re probably wondering how it all started. I began when I went off to college at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA and became a D1 rower on the crew team.

 

I quickly discovered D1 sports were not for me and picked up running instead. In 2011, my second year of college, I completed my first race: the Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon. I fell in love with the act of running and the community (I mean, since then I’ve run 25 half marathons, seven marathons, and a 50k, so I must love it)! 

 

But not long after that first half marathon, a family friend passed away from cancer. That’s when I got my first taste of organizing a race with the Stand Up To Cancer 5k in 2014… then did it again for the next 3 years.

 

Since that first virtual 5k race in 2014, I’ve continued to organize a variety of virtual and in-person races. While I love the community of in-person events, virtual events are accessible to so many more runners. That’s why, through More Miles Races, I organize 1-2 virtual races a month.

 

Fast forward to now, my day job is to help runners as they fundraise to run or participate in races. Are you sensing a theme here? It’s also part of my job to manage our social media accounts and communication in general. Coupled with my experience managing running-related social media accounts for businesses… running, fundraising, and community-building are in my blood.

 

In case you haven’t guessed by now, my whole life revolves around running and fundraising! And I wouldn’t have it any other way, which is why I created More Miles Races.