First-Ever Softball Sports Diplomacy Program Sends Olympians to Nicaragua to Empower Women and Girls through Sports

The U.S. Department of State announced that Jessica Mendoza and Ruby Rojas will be traveling to Nicaragua to be apart of a global initiative to empower women and girls in sports. They will engage underserved girls in Esteli and Managua and Mendoza and Rojas will be running softball clinics for those girls and coaches. This is the first time that they are doing this and empowering girls through sports like this. The Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative is looking to increase the number of women in sports and educate further on Title IX.