Episode 443: Catching up with Sara Vaughn – Vaughn Childcare Fund and Heading to Boston

Sara Vaughn is back on the show for the fifth time! Sara is a 1500m runner turned marathoner. She is the mom of four and a full time realtor. She ran her third marathon this past fall at the Chicago Marathon where she placed 7th in a time of 2:26:23. She recently announced that she will be running the Boston Marathon this Spring. Sara just launched the Vaughn Childcare Fund to provide support for parenting undergraduate student-athletes. One of the big parts of Sara’s story is that she had her first baby while she was a junior in college as a student-athlete and she did not have a lot of resources herself so she has made it her mission to help provide people in similar situations with resources. As the NCAA slowly adapts to include parents in their mission of education, inclusiveness, and well-being, they are still a highly underserved population. So Sara’s new project is going to help to fill that gap with financial support for childcare, mentorship, policy writing, and policy adoption. What we talked about: 4:20- Catching up with Sara 8:45- Running an indoor track race with her daughter 11:15- Her experience being pregnant as a student athlete 16:50- What her support system looked like 22:15- Vaughn Childcare Fund 27:30- Being pregnant in college 30:50- How we can help with this new endeavor 37:05- Mentorship 40:30- Advice for anyone pregnant in college 44:30- Running the Boston Marathon 52:00- PUMA Show notes: Sara on Instagram Vaughn Childcare Fund on Instagram Vaughn Childcare Fund Website Sara on Episode 283 Sara on Episode 302 Sara on Episode 349 Sara on Episode 416 Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Lagoon Use code “Lindsey” for 15% off Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off