MMLM Ep 23: From All-American Athlete to Sports Broadcaster with Renee Washington

Now, you are very cause related and that's actually how we met.

Right.

Cause related caring.

Tell us, tell our community a little bit about some of the causes that you support.

Yes, yes.

I'm very focused on using my platform to help other people.

That's actually why I launched my business, Renee Washington Media and Consulting.

Everything I do is about providing a voice for the voiceless, being able to help other people, being able to work in spaces that I know I can make an impact.

I can bring perspective, insight into the room, into the conversation.

You know, there's a number of initiatives for me, definitely tapping into helping the next generation.

I think first and foremost, you want to leave every place better than it was when you came into it.

And so being able to help the next generation, whether it's athletes, students, just in general, doesn't even matter.

The race, the gender, none of that matters to me.

Just to be able to help other people that are younger than me have an idea of the possibilities, you know, what they could potentially do in this world.

And then next, after helping the youth, of course, it's anything that's in connection to wellness, because I do think health, wellness, mental health are huge.

We are all struggling.

I literally had someone say the other day, well, you don't understand because you're on TV all the time and you've got everything perfect.

I'm like, you have no idea.

I've been on food stamps.

I've been at times where I don't even know where my next check is coming from.

I've had a lot of challenges, personal, professional, even stalker related that I dealt with.

So I like to bring that perspective because I think we often, especially in the social media world we're in, assume somebody has it perfect, somebody has it figured out.

And I've been in rooms with billionaires and I've been in rooms with people that are not.

And I

understand the value of money does not automatically mean happiness.