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About<\/p>\n

I am not selling my success. I am selling what I learned from my wrong turns.<\/h1>\n

I grew up in Rosario, Argentina. I was physically talented, driven, and completely without the tools to channel it. That gap cost me years. Now I work with coaches and athletes so the same thing does not happen to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The long way around<\/h2>\n

I played and coached football across Argentina, Ireland, and Switzerland. In the 2025-2026 season I was part of the technical staff at Servette Chênois Féminin in Geneva, working as interpreter and assistant to the head coach. We won both the Swiss Cup and the League. I saw at close range what it costs when the person behind the performance is not taken care of, and what it looks like when they are.<\/p>\n

Before that, I spent a season at Scoil Éanna in Cork, a primary school for children with mild mixed disabilities. I designed and ran a basketball programme for children with ASD, Down syndrome, and learning disabilities. By the end, two teams competed in an inter-school tournament. The competitive team won all three matches. A nine-year-old girl named Kate, who had never touched a basketball before January, told me afterward she had joined a training club.<\/p>\n

That is when I understood what this kind of work can do.<\/p>\n

I hold a Bachelor of Business in Recreation and Sport Management from SETU (Distinction) and a Higher Diploma in Social Policy from UCC (Distinction), where my research focused on how Irish policy frameworks fail to support sport participation for children with intellectual disabilities. I work in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Credentials<\/p>\n

What I bring to the work<\/h2>\n
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Education<\/h3>\n

Bachelor of Business in Recreation and Sport Management \u2014 SETU Waterford, Distinction (2025)<\/p>\n

Higher Diploma in Social Policy \u2014 University College Cork, Distinction (2026)<\/p>\n

CELTA \u2014 University of Cambridge (2021)<\/p>\n

Research focus: athlete development in intellectual disability sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Experience<\/h3>\n

Interpreter and Assistant to Head Coach \u2014 Servette Chênois Féminin, Switzerland (2025-2026). Swiss Cup and League winners.<\/p>\n

Special Needs Assistant and Sport Facilitator \u2014 Scoil Éanna, Cork (2025)<\/p>\n

Performance and Video Analyst \u2014 Cork City Women’s FC (2025)<\/p>\n

Swimming Teacher \u2014 Red Whale Geneva, Turtle Tots Waterford (2023-2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Research<\/h3>\n

“They Want to Play as Well” \u2014 policy analysis of sport participation for children with ASD and intellectual disabilities in Ireland (UCC, 2026)<\/p>\n

Basketball intervention at Scoil Éanna \u2014 evidence-based sport inclusion programme with documented outcomes (2025)<\/p>\n

Research proposal: Ball-in-Play Metrics in Male International Rugby Sevens (SETU, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How I work<\/p>\n

Research-informed. Honest about what I know and what I am still learning.<\/h2>\n
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From the inside<\/h3>\n

I have worked inside professional sport, not just studied it. I know what the environment costs people who are not prepared for it, and what it looks like when someone has the right tools at the right time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Research-informed<\/h3>\n

My practice is grounded in academic work on mental performance, neuroscience, and wellbeing. I translate research into tools that work in real environments, with real people under real pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Honest about where I am<\/h3>\n

I am not a sport psychologist. I am a practitioner and researcher at an early stage of a long career. What I offer is honest, grounded, and built around the person in front of me. Not a formula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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