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Podcast: Ash Said It® Show
Episode: Episode 2172 - From Marty Supreme to the Bronx: Yasiris Ortiz’s Real-Life Winning Mission
Description: The A24 film Marty Supreme brings the world of table tennis into the cultural spotlight, it also quietly parallels a powerful real-life story behind the sport. Appearing in two scenes in the film is Yasiris Ortiz, a professional table tennis champion and Bronx-based community leader whose journey from international competition to grassroots youth empowerment mirrors the film’s central themes of discipline, belief, and dreaming beyond circumstance. Ortiz’s appearance in Marty Supreme is not a performance in the traditional sense; she is not portraying a fictional character, but rather bringing authenticity to the screen as a real athl...