S2E8 - Don't lay bricks further than your arm can reach (with Eliza and Yash)
DEC 15, 202185 MIN
S2E8 - Don't lay bricks further than your arm can reach (with Eliza and Yash)
DEC 15, 202185 MIN
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<p>Originally recorded September 3, 2021.</p>
<p>We're still here!</p>
<p>In episode eight, Coach Mike chats with recent graduates Eliza Fisher, and Yash Sarda who are both starting off their careers and post college lives. Eliza and Yash have been friends since high school, joined Texas Taekwondo together, and were both part of Texas Taekwondo's championship team in 2019. What rec sport club did they almost join before finding a home at Texas Taekwondo? What type of uber-nerdy-cool careers are these two doing these days? Find out! </p>
<p>From Austin, Texas, Eliza Fisher started her martial arts journey as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin with Texas Taekwondo, from 2018-2020. During her time she held various leadership roles such as the Social Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, and the Kicks for Kids program lead. Some of her notable achievements as a competitor include winning gold at the 2019 NCTA Championships and the 2019 USA Taekwondo Nationals. She currently resides in Austin working in computational linguistics/natural language understanding development.</p>
<p>From Austin, Texas, Yash Sarda started his martial arts journey as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin with Texas Taekwondo, from 2018-2020. Some of his notable achievements include placing at the 2019 NCTA Championships and becoming the first student to earn a Kukkiwon under Texas Taekwondo. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia working as a machine learning engineer while pursuing a master's degree with the University of Texas at Austin.</p>
