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Podcast: Happiness Solved
Episode: 119. Figure Skating and Being Queer with Karina Manta
Description: Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Karina Manta. Karina Manta was born in Olympia, Washington, but she grew up in the sunshine of Chandler, Arizona. Despite being raised in the desert, she fell in love with figure skating and spent several years competing as a member of Team USA. Since leaving the competitive skating world, she has had jobs touring with Cirque Du Soleil and performing on British reality television. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and her recent memoir, On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure...