Mirna Valerio

Mirna Valerio, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a Spanish teacher, diversity practitioner, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, OCR enthusiast, and blogger. Valerio's blogs about all things running appear at Fat Girl Running and in Women's Running Magazine . Her story was featured in the Wall Street Journal and Runner's World and on NBC Nightly News . Valerio is a global ambassador for Merrell, an ambassador for Skirt Sports, and an athlete for Swiftwick. She is married to Cito Nikiema, and...See more

Mirna Valerio, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a Spanish teacher, diversity practitioner, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, OCR enthusiast, and blogger. Valerio's blogs about all things running appear at Fat Girl Running and in Women's Running Magazine . Her story was featured in the Wall Street Journal and Runner's World and on NBC Nightly News . Valerio is a global ambassador for Merrell, an ambassador for Skirt Sports, and an athlete for Swiftwick. She is married to Cito Nikiema, and together they have a basketball-loving teenage son, Rashid. She loves being in nature and frequently runs trails in the North Georgia mountains. See less