Berkeley senior wins national boxing title

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(gentle music)
- [Jacqueline] When you step inside that ring,
you can feel extremely vulnerable.
If you have those weak points,
those weak points will be exposed.
How are you gonna deal with the fact that,
oh, you're getting caught with this punch?
Are you gonna let it get to your head?
Or are you going to adapt?
- Boom, boom, boom.
Stay in your stance,
keep your arms loose.
Because of the nature of this sport,
you really have to be committed
both in mind, body and spirit to even participate.
When I first noticed her,
she was always in the front of the class,
dead center, up in front.
She was just there to focus on learning,
and the results really, really showed.
The goal of our club
really is learning and personal development.
And I think Jackie is just one great example
of what we hope to develop in our students.
Her goal isn't necessarily to knock anybody out
but to out-skill them.
- The reason why I love boxing is
because of the character that it has allowed me to build.
I feel like it's made me confident
but also, it has helped me in my leadership skills.
I won a national title in my weigh, 132 pounds.
It felt really good to be able to win that for my team.
They put so much time into me
and so much effort into our club
that I just wanted to be able to give that title back
for all the time that they dedicated to the club.
I don't want to give up ever
no matter now hard life is,
and I think that that's why boxing reminds me
so much about real life.
You can be stuck in a really back situation,
but if you shift your perspective,
it can really help you deal with that situation.
Being a first generation student,
I think that I didn't have somebody to look up to
and say can you explain to me
what it means to apply to college.
Coming from a low-income family,
I couldn't rely on my parents
to pay for my college for sure,
and so it really pushed me to make sure that I hustle
to provide that for myself.
(gentle music)
Graduation is going to feel like,
okay, I survived this thing
that was unimaginable to me at some point.
When I graduate, I'm gonna be a software engineer
at a small startup called CircleCI.
They help other companies build their code
and test their code to make sure that
they're able to release their products.
I just love being able to build something,
put all this energy and effort into creating something
and that it can actually be used by other people
in positive ways.
- [Jon] She's a person with so much integrity
and honesty with herself and others.
She won't blindly do anything.
I think that's what makes her a leader.
She decides what's right in her moral compass,
and if it's right,
she dedicates herself to that.
- [Jacqueline] You can spend your whole undergraduate career
feeling like you're not good enough.
And so I think that Cal Boxing reminded me that,
you know, who are you trying to prove yourself to?
Like, is this about you or is this about what people think?
It taught me take risks in and out of the ring,
even if I was like, am I good enough to
take advantage of this opportunity?
You have to make a conscious decision
and say, yes, I'm scared,
but I'm still going to push through it.
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Berkeley senior wins national boxing title

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