In this episode of the Sports Business Classroom Audio Experience: Women in Sports series, host Kate Foley sits down with Vegas Summer League (VSL) Alumni, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and DSW Candidate Talyah Polee. Talyah completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2010. Her introduction to the sports industry was when she interned at the Las Vegas Summer League from 2012-2017. Soon after, Talyah landed her first role as a Client Services Coordinator at Wasserman.
In this episode, Kate and Talyah discuss the following:
Talyah’s experiences as a student-athlete
Talyah’s path into the Las Vegas Summer League internship program & Wasserman
How Talyah balances her personal & work life
The progression of normalizing mental health awareness
While a resident of Denver, Talyah Polee was crowned Miss Colorado USA in 2014 and represented Colorado at the Miss USA 2015 pageant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During her years at UNLV, she competed three times at Miss Nevada USA while competing as a Track & Field athlete. Talyah earned her Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from California Baptist University (CBU) and is currently pursuing her Doctoral of Social Work (DSW) at CBU.