MARIANA FOLCO

Mariana Folco is the Senior Training Manager at Up2Us Sports. In her role, she facilitates trauma-informed training and professional development opportunities for coaches, teachers, and other youth development professionals in Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic region. Mariana is a licensed social worker and native Spanish-speaker from Argentina. Prior to her work at Up2Us Sports, Mariana worked with Latino populations in Philadelphia as a bilingual domestic violence counselor, and as a legal service coordinator with unaccompanied immigrant youth from Central America in the U.S. court system. Mariana has also been a rowing coach for over 10 years at the high school, collegiate, and masters levels for programs across the country.