EP 69: Erica L Ayala

Erica L Ayala is Founder of Black Rosie Media, an organization with a focus on empowering Black women and melanated people in sports media, who identify, amplify, and support emerging creators in sports media.

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Erica is a multimedia sports journalist, and her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, and more.

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She covered her first Winter Olympics in 2022 in Beijing, China.

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She is the first Black & Latina broadcaster in the Premier Hockey Federation (and the former National Women’s Hockey League), and she is believed to be the first Black Woman to call an NHL game.

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We Discussed:

• How sports and hockey entered her life
• Her role in the sport of hockey specifically
• How hockey as a sport can become more approachable
• What she has done within the Premier Hockey Federation (and formerly the National Women’s Hockey League)
• HOT TAKE: who she thinks will win this year’s PHF Isobel Cup Championship