Chelle - Healing Power of Sports - Grit & Grace Conference 2021

Join Chelle as she shares her story and the Healing Power of Sports. Chelle Thompson is a Footwear Tech Developer for Nike Basketball in Men’s Performance at World Head Quarters in Portland, Oregon. She is a former collegiate (Texas Tech) and professional WNBA athlete. Chelle will share her story on how sports became the outlet for her to deal with traumas she experienced in her childhood. She discusses how sports provided a safety net for her to channel her emotions, but also how she used those emotions through sport in a way that propelled her in a positive direction.