Even Superstar Athletes Need Child Care (with Allyson Felix and Olga Harvey)

No One is Coming to Save Us

It’s not easy for anyone to return to work after becoming a mother, and child care is often the hardest aspect for families to figure out. Track and field star Allyson Felix experienced that firsthand and is determined to make things easier for her fellow athlete moms. And when Allyson sets a goal for herself — whether it’s becoming the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history or changing the child care landscape for athlete moms — she accomplishes it. Allyson and Olga Harvey of the Women’s Sports Foundation tell Gloria about the challenges athlete moms face, what they’re doing to improve things, and how the lessons they’ve learned along the way apply to moms in and out of sports.

Follow Allyson @allysonfelix and Olga @olgiebear1 on Twitter. The Women’s Sports Foundation is @WomensSportsFdn on Twitter.

Learn more about the Power of She Fund’s Child Care Grant here: https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/wsf_programs/child-care-grant/

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