12. Olympic Dream On Hold & Building An Authentic Brand ft. Olympic Athlete Melissa Humana-Paredes We Did It

Put yourself in this situation -- The Olympics have been postponed, you have just trained for four years and this last year has been the most grueling, you are far from home and the world is going through a pandemic. These are all topics we are going to cover in this episode with Melissa Humana-Paredes Canadian Beach Volleyball Superstar and Olympian. 

Melissa Humana-Paredes (born October 10, 1992) is a female Canadian beach volleyball player, who is partnered with Sarah Pavan. She plays as a left-side defender. The pair won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships. 

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Humana-Paredes is the younger daughter of two Chilean expatriates, ballet dancer Myriam Paredes and volleyball player Hernán Humaña, who was part of the national team and later coached Canadians John Child and Mark Heese to the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics Humana-Paredes started playing beach volleyball at the age of 12 and four years later, was already representing Canada internationally. She attended York University, majoring in communications while playing with the York Lions volleyball team.

Accolades


Champion, 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Hamburg (representing Canada, with Sarah Pavan)
Champion, 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Winner (representing Canada, with Sarah Pavan)
FIVB Team of the Year 2019 (with Sarah Pavan)
FIVB Best Defensive Player, 2019
FIVB Best Setter, 2018 & 2019
AVP Best Defensive Player, 2019
AVP Newcomer of the Year, 2019
FIVB Most Improved Player, 2017
FIVB Top Rookie, 2014

I want to thank Melissa for being so incredibly vulnerable and sharing a conversation that left us feeling full and inspired. When you see this woman on the court next you are going to feel so connected to her! You can virtually connect with her on her instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/melissahumanaparedes/) and watch some of her vlogs on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCERfmOcylnRriq1GgO4qBTg).

THANK YOU MELISSA! xx

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