Alison Desir and Amir Figueroa: Running for Social Change
Alison Desir and Amir Figueroa are on a mission for social change. The two individually found their love of running – Amir’s father died of HIV when Amir was 4 and Alison was struggling with depression and some very hard life challenges with a bad break-up and a very sick father. And from there, they found running through seeing others lead by example. Amir saw a friend with HIV walk a marathon and raise money for Harlem United. Alison saw a friend on social media who was a black man training for a marathon and felt empowered to do it too. And now? Leading by their own examples is changing…
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