Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Carla Heredia – LK011

The November episode of Ladies Knight features Carla Heredia Serrano, a Women’s Grandmaster from Ecuador, who now lives in California. A member of the Ecuadorian Olympic team, Carla recently graduated from Texas Tech with a Masters in Sports Management and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Now Carla works with the Berkeley Chess School on many projects including the organization and marketing of the Summer IM norm tournament, a women’s event designed to offer IM norms. Annie Wang tied for first with Grandmaster Irina Krush, while Irina took the title on tieberak. Find articles on the event from Carla, with Frisco Del Rosario, as well as a story by GM Krush herself. Carla is also teaching for the BCS in a Title I school in the Bay area, as part of one of 11 grants that are part of the partnership between US Chess and the Saint Louis Chess Club.

Find another in-depth interview with Carla about her time at Texas Tech here and follow Carla Heredia Serrano on twitter and Instagram.

Ladies Knight features music by the artist Juga, who went viral when her song, Oh Capablanca,dropped in the Fall of 2018. You can find more about Juga on https://www.jugamusica.com/

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