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Cardinal O'Hara's Natasha Cloud Is Converse's 1st Female Athlete
The WBNA star who graduated from Cardinal O'Hara High School is the first woman to ever sign a shoe deal with Converse.
SPRINGFIELD, PA — A Cardinal O'Hara High School grad and WBNA star has recently become the first woman to sign a shoe deal with Converse.
Natasha Cloud, who is from Broomall and graduated from O'Hara in 2010, recently signed a deal with the shoe company.
Cloud, who has been the Washington Mystics's guard since 2015, not only shines on the court, but also in the social and racial justice world.
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She recently penned a piece for The Player's Tribune titled "Your Silence Is a Knee on My Neck," in which she discussed race, policing, and more.
Cloud was also in Philadelphia for recent protests over George Floyd's death.
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“The biggest thing is for me to use my platform as a microphone. That’s the goal, be a voice for the voiceless.” - @T_Cloud4.
We are both proud and humbled to welcome WNBA champion @T_Cloud4 to the family. pic.twitter.com/0NTqqWCJUi
— Converse (@Converse) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/Converse/s... 8, 2020
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