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Rowing in Color

Denise Aquino & Patricia Destine

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Denise Aquino and Patricia Destine are two women of color who are dedicated to promoting diversity within the sport of rowing. Both are former rowers turned coxswains turned coaches in the sport. Together they have almost 25 years of experience on the erg, at regattas, in the launch, or at the boathouse. No stranger to navigation or microphones, these former coxswains amplify what it’s like to navigate the topic of race within the white-dominated sport of rowing. Like most bodies of water, t ...
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#052 - Aisyah Rafaee is interviewed by Rowing in Color host, Denise Aquino. They chat with them to share Olympic level goal setting practices for 2023. In this episode, we talked about: Looking back on 2022 [2:10] Who is Aisyah Rafaee? [5:53] Goal setting tips [8:45] How to get in touch with Aisyah [22:44] One thing to watch out for when making goa…
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#051 - Alia Komsany Ph.D is interviewed by Sadia Moumita. Rowing in Color host, Patricia Destine, chats with them to share Alia’s story. In this episode, we talked about: How Alia got into the sport [3:04] When Alia felt like she didn’t belong in the sport [4:36] The depth of Alia’s commitment to rowing, which is balanced with cancer research [8:00…
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#050 - Chicago Training Center’s leadership team at all women: Staci Brown is the Executive Director, Rebekah Armstrong is the Program Director, and Sam Reyes is the Head Coach. Rowing in Color hosts, Denise Aquino and Patricia Destine, chat with them to share their story. In this episode, we talked about: Introductions & how Chicago Training Cente…
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#049 - Baylor Henry, the founder of @blackgirlsrow, shared her story with us in December 2020. Tune in to listen to her conversation with then fellow high schoolers, Keira Gotrell and Sophia Gupta. In this episode, they talked about: Their reaction to the offensive rowing memes that we reposted on Instagram in December 2020 [1:15] Talking about how…
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#048 - Corin Wiggins aka @theblackcoxswain invited us for a chat on Instagram Live to discuss Accessibility in Rowing during Black History Month. Tune in to listen to her conversation with Patricia Destine. In this episode, we talked about: How Patricia got into the sport [2:30] Cost / Price as a barrier [6:19] How representation in coaching (or la…
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#047 - Team Antigua Island Girls represented Antigua and Barbuda for the Talisker Whisker Atlantic Campaign in 2019. They rowed 3000 miles from La Gomera to Antigua. They are the first all black and all female team to complete this challenge. In this episode, we talked about: How did they get into rowing across the Atlantic [1:55] First impressions…
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#046 - Annie, a masters rower from Seattle, stopped by the Rowing in Color tent at Head of the Charles Regatta and talk about her experience as a Colombian masters rower based in Seattle. We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity. If you have …
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#044 - Denise Aquino and Patricia Destine are respectively the Founder and CEO of Rowing in Color. In this episode, listen to them reflect on their silence in 2021, and also introduce the short episodes recorded live from Head of the Charles Regatta on October 23-24, 2021. In this episode, we talked about: 4:06 The real reason why we haven’t publis…
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#045 - Patrick Johnson and Brook Yimer (Athletes Without Limits) stop by the Rowing in Color tent at Head of the Charles Regatta and talk about their experience as two Black coaches. In this episode we talk about: 0:48 Who and what orgs are represented is on the episode 1:30 What was today like for two successful coaches at Head of the Charles 4:37…
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#043 - Denise Aquino and Patricia Destine are respectively the Founder and CEO of Rowing in Color. In this episode, listen to them reflect on 2020, answer questions from the RIC community, and talk about what's in store for 2021. In this episode, we talked about: Reflecting on 2020 Questions submitted via Instagram Plans for Rowing in Color in 2021…
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#042 - Jorlui Sillau is a mental health professional based in New York City with experience rowing through a veterans rowing program. In this episode, we talked about: How can we better respond to microaggressions [6:51] Ask clarifying questions (and why) [8:00] An example of how to respond [11:49] Nonverbal microaggressions [15:00] Fear of Retalia…
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#041 - Jennifer Fitz-Roy is a black PR2 rower at the Community Rowing, which is also the USRowing Para Training Center. In this episode, we talked about: What PR2 means and what classifications of pararowing there are [2:18] How she got into rowing [9:02] The one person who convinced her she didn’t belong in the sport [15:15] Race [ ] Colorism [ ] …
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#040 - Michael D. Green is of Jamaican descent and a Senior heavyweight rower at Dartmouth College. In this episode, we talked about: How he got into rowing [4:18] His thoughts on authenticity [13:22] Michael’s insight on access-related inequities as a result of program cuts on diversity within rowing [16:32] Advice for younger rowers of color [21:…
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#039 - Beata Coloyan and Jasmine Howard coached the Boston Latin School Rowing team to a nationally competitive public school team. As coaches of color themselves, both have worked to make the teams’ demographic make up match the percentage of students of color at the school. In this episode, we talked about: How have various experiences impacted y…
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#038 - Diego Baugh is a Senior on the Stanford Men’s Rowing Team and alumn of Saugatuck Rowing Club. In this episode, we talked about: How Diego got into rowing [4:13] What Diego brought up that has never been brought up before on the Rowing in Color podcast [9:50] Times he witnessed racism in rowing [13:07] How have coaches addressed instances of …
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#037 - Kyley Jones is a black rower who just finished a 7-year rowing career rowing at UC San Diego. She shares powerful insight on inclusion, intersectionality, and community through her anthropological lens. With mere days before the 2020 election and days just following another murder of a black man, her words are what we need to hear right now.…
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#036 - Eva Walker Outlaw is a breast cancer survivor and African American rower at an organization called Recovery on Water. In this episode, we talked about: Eva’s diagnosis [2:26] When Recover on Water came into her life [28:12] Benefits of rowing [30:32] Her experience with subtle racist moments in rowing [31:22] Another reason why visibility is…
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#035 - During Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month we invited many members to join for a group conversations relating to the Latinx/Hispanic-American rowing experience. This is one of those conversations. In this episode, we talked about: How they got into the sport How language has played a part in the boathouse Code switching Giving away your own cultu…
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#034 - Hannah Diaz is a Peruvian American coxswain and the only recruited person of color on the openweight women’s team at Princeton University. In this episode, we talked about: Advice for high school coxswains who are aspiring to be recruited for college [4:12] Hannah’s flex [12:35] Her experience as a biracial person [13:12] What a non-Spanish …
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#033 - Camila and Isa Shana Darvin are both sisters and rowers for the University of Wisconsin. Camila is a Freshman rower on the lightweight women’s team while Isa is a Senior on the openweight women’s team. In this episode, we talked about: What hooked them into rowing [6:09] Experiences being Latina on a collegiate rowing team [9:17] Moments of …
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#032 - Manny Valentin is the Head Boys’ Rowing Coach at Saratoga Rowing Association and identifies as an American with Puerto Rican lineage. In this episode, we talked about: How he identifies [1:22] Books Manny recommends for fellow Americans with Puerto Rican heritage [7:48] How Manny got into rowing [9:24] Advice for younger coaches [14:45] What…
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#031 - Mayfield Vashti-Roberts and Keira Gotrell are both black high school rowers from Washington and New Jersey, respectively. In this episode, they talked about: What made Mayfield stay with rowing [3:57] Mayfield’s response to going to regattas and not see others that look like you [7:07] What would Mayfield tell coaches to improve the experien…
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#030 - Jo Victorio is a Philippine American and the Head Coach of the NYU Rowing Team. In this episode, we talked about: How she got into rowing [2:00] Her team’s powerfully inclusive team culture [4:31] Advice for youth coaches on how to create a culture of inclusivity [7:13] How she got into coaching [16:02] Advice for collegiate coaches on how t…
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#029 - Kadee Sylla is a black college rower at University of San Diego and 2019 U23 rower for Team USA. In this episode, we talked about: An obvious takeaway for collegiate coaches who want to diversify their team [11:15] What Kadee meant when she called her experience “interesting” [14:37] Kadee’s thoughts on being acknowledged as a person of colo…
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#028 - Xavier Aniton is an 8-year rower, who served as team captain at both Shaker Heights High School in Ohio and Jacksonville University in Florida. In this episode, we talked about: Saying no to basketball and yes to rowing [1:35] Building a strong team culture on a boys high school team [7:23] Juggling rowing and academics in the role of a stud…
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#027 - Gabi Heard is a Black and Puerto Rican rower at Jacksonville University. In this episode, we talked about: Gabi’s journey quitting and then returning to rowing [1:09] What the transition was like between college rowing and high school rowing [5:15] Tips for any high school athletes to keep focused on training during COVID [10:35] “Has being …
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#026 - Francine Chew is a Jamaican American whose mother was a housekeeper, who attended Phillips Exeter, and who rowed as an undergraduate on the Yale Women’s Rowing Team in the 1990s and in Harvard in the early 2000s while she earned her MBA. In this episode, we talked about: How she got into rowing from Jamaica to Brooklyn to Phillips Exeter to …
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#025 - Kevin Harris is the Head Women’s Rowing Coach at The University of Tulsa and T.C. Williams HS Alumus. In this episode he talks with Patricia and guest co-host, Keira Gotrell, on the best advice for recruitment, social issues like race, and many more. Episode Tips: - For recruiting high schoolers, get people who are going to bring in their fr…
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#024 - Katherine Valdez is an Ecuadorian-American PR1 rower, which means she is an adaptive rower who rows using only her arms and shoulders. In this conversation she talks about how she started to row, moments she didn’t feel welcome outside of the boathouse, and advice for any future adaptive rowers. Tips: Learn the language Use people-first lang…
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#023 - Lyss Villablanca returns to interview Jena Thompson and Char Rendon who are both members of the trans and non binary community. In this conversation they talk about coming out in the rowing world, toxic masculinity, and advice for rowing clubs to make their culture more inclusive. Hint: Start with language Offer a place to state pronouns on …
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#022 - Four members of the Collegiate Rowers of Color met and discussed how they are doing at this time, what it's like being the only or few people of color on their team, and what they are doing (or wish they were doing) on their collegiate teams to face anti-blackness in rowing. Listen to their stories and learn from what they have to share with…
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#021 - Imran Malik and Tina Trinh join Denise Aquino in an uninentionally all-Asian-American pride episode. Here we talk about privilege, discrimination, positive stereotypes, and what we as Asian Americans should do to support black lives. To follow Tina on her journey, find her on Instagram @awkwatinaa. To follow Imran on his journey, find him on…
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#020 - David Banks competed as an Olympic rower in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In addition, he is a Stanford graduate and has represented the US at the World Rowing level 2008-2014. Needless to say, he is someone that most black rowers look up to when rowing at the elite level. As such, his interviewers are those who have looked up to him as w…
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#019 - Amilia Rosa, Lyss Villablanca, and Gustavo Diaz return for their second half of their conversation in Episode 019. In this episode, they cover the topics: overheard homophobic comments in the boathouse, the power of stereotypes, among many more. To get in touch with any of the guests, below are their Instagram handles: @averageamilia for Ami…
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#017 - Michelle Sosa is a popular Hydrow athlete who is a proud Afro-Latina. In this interview, she shares her complex background growing up in the Midwest and journey to the rowing world. She talks about her complex background, growing up in the Midwest and going to school in Michigan. We hear a lot about Midwest culture through Michelle, with her…
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#016 - On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, organizers and advocates for the Black Lives Matter movement called for people to show solidarity for black lives by posting a black square on folks' social media accounts, specifically Instagram. Within the American rowing community, this was done by many. Now, many are wondering what the next steps are for moving …
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#018 - Richard Butler is the Former Executive Director for Three Rivers Rowing, former Inclusion Manager for USRowing, and Indoor Rowing coach since 1983. His experience is the type that you don't want to ignore! In this episode he shares tips, best practices, and expertise on how to diversify our sport of rowing. We hope that the conversation in t…
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#015 - Amilia Rosa, Lyss Villablanca, and Gustavo Diaz are all part of the queer community and are rowers of color. In this episode, they cover the topics: if they were out when they were rowing (and why?), having a coxswain who identifies as trans, and coming out on a podcast episode, among many more. We hope that the conversation in this podcast …
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#014 - Rowing in Color’s mission is to amplify the voices of color in rowing. Following George Floyd’s murder as a result of police brutality, there has been unrest like no other in our recent history. So much so, that our rowing world - including its white and nonwhite rowers - is feeling the unrest now more than ever. As a result, we created an I…
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#013 - Gel Greene is a black entrepreneur and small business owner of GelPads. She is a former Division I rower for Southern Methodist University and former coach for University of Rochester. Her passion for inclusivity stems from her ability to integrate both rowing and art. In this episode she shares stories of inclusion success in addition to th…
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