Laurie Hernandez shares how NIKE is expanding the footprint of wellness in the Latino community

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Nike, was a major presence at the L’Attitude business-based national conference in San Diego. Following a chat between Nike CEO John Donahoe and L’Attitude Co-Founder Sol Trujillo, Nike held a series of impactful conversations around sport, wellness, culture, and more, proving how the company engages, inspires, and serves the Latino community. HOLA! Had the opportunity to attend their breakout session Expanding the Footprint of Wellness: Building a Culture of Belonging & Inclusivity which included former Olympian, Laurie Hernandez.A post shared by Laurie Hernandez (@lauriehernandez)Hernandez is a Puerto Rican mental health advocate, and we had the honor to talk to her about the work she has personally seen Nike do for black and brown communities.“I’m watching them do this work, and it’s active, it’s through social media, it’s through advertisements, it’s through panels like this or different speaking engagements.

So watching, I know there’s a reason why it’s called mental health activism. It’s active, it’s done consistently for a reason.

And there was a part of me that thought or wondered- maybe Nike would die down at some point. Maybe they would get tired of this topic,” she told us. “So I was really happy to know that within the last couple of years and being involved with Nike, and the mental health community-this is still ongoing.

And it sounds like they continue to keep this conversation open to highlight minorities and to highlight the black and brown community and all people of color to make sure that we’re paying attention to those that maybe we wouldn’t have looked at before,” the athlete continued.