{"id":2556,"date":"2020-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2020-09-21T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:06:52","slug":"competing-to-inspire-utrgv-latina-competes-on-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/21\/competing-to-inspire-utrgv-latina-competes-on-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Competing to inspire: UTRGV Latina competes on NBC\u2019s \u2018American Ninja Warrior\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_orta-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gloria_Orta_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a complete honor to be representing Mexican young girls and I get to inspire those girls and it\u2019s a priceless type of experience for sure.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As Hispanic Heritage Month began last Tuesday, UTRGV student Gloria Sophia Orta premiered, alongside other Valley competitors, on NBC\u2019s \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBC show consists of a competition in which athletes from across the country compete in rounds of obstacle courses to \u201cearn\u201d $100,000 and the title of American Ninja Warrior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20-year-old explains what it felt like to get the call informing her that she will be the first female Ninja from Brownsville and Matamoros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t going to be a season, because you know [COVID-19] and all this like there&#8217;s no season this year,&#8221; Orta said. &#8220;Then super randomly they called me and I was bawling my eyes out. 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Just thinking about who you\u2019re doing it for, who you\u2019re representing. That\u2019s going to get you through absolutely everything because you realize there\u2019s a much bigger picture than just yourself.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Orta was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S. at six-years-old. 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