Montclair Bounce Presents Alexi Pappas, "Bravey"

Jan
12:00am
Montclair Bounce Presents Alexi Pappas, "Bravey"

By Watchungbooksellers
MONTCLAIR Bounce Presents
A Conversation with
Alexi Pappas
Olympian, Filmmaker and Author of
BRAVEY: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
and MHS Coach and Guidance Counselor Sophia Kenny
"Pappas doesn’t merely list her accomplishments; she aims to tell the story of her becoming. Throughout her psychologically astute text, she draws valuable insights for readers, whom she imagines as younger versions of herself."
Kirkus Reviews
MONTCLAIR Bounce is delighted to invite the community to meet Pappas upon the publication of BRAVEY: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas, her new, empowering, funny and fearless memoir-in essays.  Pappas will be joined in conversation by Sophia Kenny, a Montclair High School guidance counselor and running coach.
An award-winning writer, filmmaker, and Olympic athlete, Pappas candidly reveals what she has learned about confidence, self-reliance, and mental health, including her struggles with post-Olympic depression and how her mother’s suicide when she was four-years-old altered the course of her life. Pappas strives to help others work through struggles to develop their own winning resilience.
Pappas’ writing has appeared in The New York Times, Runner’s World, Women’s Running, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic, and Outside, among other publications. A filmmaker and actor,  Pappas co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the feature film Tracktown with Rachel Dratch and Andy Buckley and most recently, co-wrote and starred with Nick Kroll in Olympic Dreams, filmed at the Olympic Games. A Greek American, Pappas holds the Greek national record in the 10,000-meters and competed for Greece in the 2016 Olympics.
Sophia Kenny is a guidance counselor at Montclair High School. A competitive runner at Rutgers University, Mrs. Kenny coached the high school running program for nine years. She graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Studies and received her Master’s degree in School Counseling from Seton Hall University.
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