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 role model for young girls to help and inspire them to chase their goals regardless of the age or gender,
* how she regained her confidence after it was shattered after a particularly bad crash,
* the 4 lessons she’s learnt from racing and how those lessons are equally relevant in endurance sports.
Get the full show notes for the episode here.
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