For her inaugural virtual Gator newsroom broadcast, reporter Chardon Brooks '15 chats with new Spanish teacher and Head Field Hockey Coach Mirna Goldberger. Find out about Ms. Goldberger's Argentinian roots, what she did before coming to Brimmer and May, and why she's super excited to be here. "I played Division 1 field hockey at Princeton..and in high school, our team in Argentina was the #1 team," Goldberger says.
As a competitive athlete who grew up in this new world order, I'm a believer in performing to the best of my ability—and at the highest level of play. But since my ACL injury, I’ve acquired a new perspective on the competitive sports system for young adults. I have even begun to question whether it makes sense for young men and women to be participating at a level of play that heightens the risk of enduring such traumatic injuries.
