Sports Marketing and Entertainment Management

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Spelling Bee on Off-Broadway
• &Juliet on Broadway
• Gymnastics Analyst with NBC for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games
• 2-time New York Times Best Selling Author
• “Dancing with the Stars” Live! Tour
• “Dancing with the Stars” Season 23 Champion
• 2016 Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions
• 2016 Rio Olympic Games: Team Gold; Beam Silver
• 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: All-Around Silver; Beam Gold; Floor Bronze
• 2016 National Championships: All-Around Bronze; Floor Bronze; Beam Bronze; Uneven Bar Bronze
• New Jersey Hall of Fame Inductee
• Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Biggest Kid & Favorite Newcomer
• ESPY & Teen Choice Awards Nominee

ACCOLADES AND HONORS

BACKGROUND 

Since bringing home the Gold and Silver medals at the Rio Olympic Games, Laurie has gone on to win the coveted Mirror ball trophy on “Dancing with the Stars” Season 23. She is a 2x NYT Best Selling Author while serving as a Literacy Champion to promote readership as a path to leadership, and Mattel created a Laurie Hernandez “Shero” Barbie to honor her.

She is a second generation American making her the first U.S. born Latina to make the U.S. team since 1984. Laurie was also the gymnastics analyst for NBC for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Her live commentary at the Paris Games garnered her rapturous praise from the entertainment community and viewers.

Laurie is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Arts, where she studied drama with a minor in creative writing. She made her Broadway debut in &Juliet and is now in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. A national speaker and passionate advocate for mental health and children’s rights, Laurie was named a UNICEF USA Ambassador in 2023.

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