About Lucha Life

Inspired by the award winning documentary, Lucha: A Wrestling Tale, Lucha Life is a holistic youth development program providing a pathway to a 4 year degree for underprivileged high school girls via the sport of wrestling. In addition to world class training in the sport of wrestling, Lucha Life provides academic support, health & wellness education, healthy meals, mentorship, and leadership development, all important ingredients for success in college. Evidence shows that a college degree, our ultimate goal, especially for someone who is the first in their family to attend college, has an outsized positive impact on future earnings, health, and civic engagement. As many of the wrestlers in Lucha will be the first in their family to attend college, their 4 year degree will dramatically increase the chances of someone else in their family going to college and earning a degree, furthering the positive impact exponentially. 

Now is the best time in history to invest in women's wrestling, or as we like to call it, wrestling.  

With your support, we can provide a free or highly subsidized pathway to college for young girls who choose the sport of wrestling, no matter their zip code.