About US
Latinas Run was created in 2016 as a safe space for Latinas to connect and inspire each other through running or other fitness related activities. This free group and platform is a place to empower one another and have healthy dialogs for women of all colors and backgrounds.
Our mission is to have a global impact by working with the community to create change by helping decrease the obesity rate, combat heart disease, high blood pressure as well as encourage our runners to lead healthier lives.
From the United states and across the globe, our organization focuses on empowering our diverse Latina community. We encourage women and girls to lace up and get active so Together We Rise!
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Maria Solis Belizaire
Founder & CEO
Activist, Speaker and Marathoner, Maria Solis Belizaire is the Founder and CEO of Latinos Run. Founded in NYC, Latinos Run is an International organization that brings together those in the Latino community through running, biking and other forms of exercise.
As a child, Maria was actively involved in athletics, but as she entered her teens, life would take a turn for the worse when her mother became incarcerated. As a way to deal with adversity, Maria turned to running and became a member of her high school track team. Years later, her twin sister would invited her to take part in a local fun run which became the first organized race she would enter. Soon after Maria would be introduced to an Ultra Marathoner who encouraged her to join their local NYRR’s club with a goal of completing her 1st NYC Marathon.
From that day on, running became a life changing experience for her. After participating in countless races across the United Sates including 6 marathons with family and friends, Maria began to think about the impact health had not only on herself but others in her community. Having lost her mother and friends from cancer and other heath issues including obesity and heart disease, she knew she had to do more.
In 2016, unable to find a group that catered specifically to Latinos, she decided to take action and form the running group Latinos Run in honor of her late mother Miriam Calderon Solis. Soon after she would form a sister group Latinas Run which focuses on Latina Women.
Thought the year, Maria travels extensively throughout the United States to meet other Runners and empower Latinos to lace up and get Running. She is also a frequent lecturer and a powerful voice for the underserved in her community.
