In 2010, Karla Fisher (46), Defensive Back for the Portland Fighting Fillies, stood on the field at the finals of the full-contact professional football for women, a dream come true for the mother of two, computer programmer and developer, and former Marine.
Growing up in a small mining town in Pennsylvania in 1960s in a conservative working class family, Karla Fisher saw little escape from the way things always have been. Women were told they could only be one of three things when they grew up: wife, teacher, or nurse.
Described as a weird-loner-child by her mother, she saw things differently. She knew there was something more to the world than these culturally imposed limits. She questioned everything and loved sports – not just watching but playing. Hear the rest of the story…
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