Natalie Cortez, the current Beat the Streets Intern, ran a wrestling clinic with the help of Coach Adam Starr, Beat the Streets Girls Wrestling Program’s Up2Us Grant Recipient for 2011-2012. On January 4th, Natalie and Adam ran a clinic for a class of about 20 middle school girls through the Girls, Inc. Program at the The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women in downtown Brooklyn. While apprehensive at first, when shown what the sport of wrestling actually was and given the chance to try it, the girls were excited about wrestling, and eager to participate.

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