Sparta Chicks Radio: Mindset | Confidence | Sport | Women

Jamie Moreno is on a mission to empower girls and women to get involved in motorsports and to follow their dreams regardless of age, race or gender. A Latina woman, Jamie grew up with a passion for cars after spending hours with her dad as a child in the garage working on cars but didn’t start racing until she was 25. However, she didn’t start racing until she was 25 because - despite a love of cars - she didn’t realise it was an avenue that was open to her (sadly, another example of the effect of  ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’). In this conversation, we discuss: * her childhood, the time she spent hanging out with her dad in the garage working with cars, * one of her favourite memories from childhood that involves wanting to go fast on a ride at Disneyland (but being stuck being a slow older man!), * the pressures of growing up in a Latino family and the expectation to conform, * her experience as a woman, and a woman of colour, in such a male-dominated sport, * why it’s so important to her that she is a