Month: November 2019
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Meet Marlen Esparza, the Houston Boxer and Olympian Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Houstonia Magazine HOUSTON NATIVE MARLEN ESPARZA isn’t just breaking the glass ceiling—she’s shattering it. Already a decorated boxer, Esparza became the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics in boxing in 2012, the first year women’s boxing was an Olympic event. She went on to win the bronze in the women’s flyweight division that year in…