Vincent Minjares

I recently earned my M.A. from U.C. Berkeley in the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education. A former basketball coach and private trainer, my research interests center on the relationship between learning in sport and learning in school, primarily for revenue-sport athletes. Prior to my arrival at UC Berkeley, I operated a basketball training academy in Southern California that served competitive middle school and high school student athletes, many of whom rose from disadvantaged communities. I competed at the NCAA Division III level while a member of the Men's Basketball team at Claremont McKenna College. A 2004 graduate, I earned my B.A. in Economics with the Leadership sequence. Upon graduating from Claremont, I became a District Manager for the San Francisco Region of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., the U.S.-based distribution arm of the Toyota Motor Corporation.