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Topic: Advocacy - April 29 2026
Commanding Space: Women in Football

VIS Mentor and the NFL’s first woman coach, Jen Welter, PhD, MS, BS, spoke with us about how women in male-dominated sport spaces face mental barriers, need more representation, and need more consistent messaging to the youth. True progress means shifting from “taking up space” to commanding it.

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The hardest battles of taking up space in traditionally male areas and sports, like football, are mental. We spoke with VIS Mentor Jen Welter, PhD, MS, BS, about the psychological battles of being in these environments.  Welter, who was the first woman coach in the NFL and has her own decorated career as an athlete in football, believes that role models, messaging, and media representation are needed to impact confidence, mental strength, and motivation of women commanding space in ...
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