"We won the city championships and another team tried to kick me out of the league,"
"It was very confusing."
"It was a big thing, and I was little, I was in fifth grade,"
"He felt that it was really important that his daughter have confidence and strength, and he really viewed sports as an incredible outlet for that,"
Sara Naison-Tarajano is a Goldman Sachs partner with a 26-year tenure whose early life included competitive tennis and basketball. At age 11 she was the only girl on a Park Slope team that won city championships and faced attempts by another team to remove her from the league. The episode received extensive local media coverage and a Sesame Street segment. Her father encouraged sports to build confidence and strength. Lessons from sports—resilience, managing pressure, embracing discomfort, and maintaining a growth mindset—informed her career across investment banking, derivatives, and private wealth management.
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