Lucy O'Neill
Operations
lucy@chicksthatkick.com

Lucy, one of the founding members of Chicks That Kick, first encountered Muay Thai during her travels through Thailand and fell in love with the sport.Over the past two years and a half years, she has trained with James Hines, Kru Clifton Brown, and for the past three years, Kru Darwin Miranda.

She became involved in Chicks That Kick as she wanted to help promote women in the sport by providing a high-class event where they could showcase their skills.She also loves the community aspect of being involved with the CTK - and enjoys the fact that they are raising money and awareness for different causes each year.

When Lucy is not training or on the phone whipping up deals for CTK, She works as a Producer for a post-production editing house in Toronto.

Melissa Misiuda
Fight Coordinator
melissa@chicksthatkick.com

Melissa has been involved in Muay Thai for 8 years now - 6 of them as a competitor. She is fortunate to train with both Ajahn Suchart of Siam Number 1 and Kru Darwin of Krudar Muay Thai. Melissa is employed in the security industry.

Melissa is working with Chicks that Kick because as a fighter she knows first hand how rare and difficult it is to secure fight opportunities. Melissa has earned a fight record of 12-1-1 and has obtained the following titles:

• USBKA (United States Kickboxing Association)
• North American middleweight title
• CMTA (Canadian Muay Thai Association)
• Canadian middleweight title
• USAKF world title
• WKA Worlds - gold medal for low kick (2005 championships)

Sarah Thompson
 Media
sarah@chicksthatkick.com

Sarah is one of the founding members of Chicks that Kick. She has been training in Muay Thai for over 5 years under the direction of Kru Clifton Brown. She joined CTK when she noticed the very few opportunities for women to compete in the sport and saw it as a call to action.

When Sarah isn't in the gym, she is working at Mansfield Communications as a Senior Consultant.

Sofia Ramirez,
Public Relations & Communications
sofia@chicksthatkick.com

Sofia is the founder of Chicks That Kick, an idea that began to develop when she started training 6 years ago and discovered the unique challenges that women face trying to gain experience in Muay Thai. The vision was to create an ongoing platform and opportunities for future generations of women.

Sofia has trained under Kru Darwin at Krudar Gym and now trains with world champion, Kru Clifton Brown and Ajahn Suchart Yokerkeripauprai at Siam Number One.

While working at Sickkids Foundation, Sofia met two special 'Chicks That Kick', Stacey and Larissa, who taught her about true strength. The CTK 2005 event was dedicated to the memory of Stacey MacFarlane. Sofia currently works at The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and is the chair of the Board of Directors of The Alameda Theatre Company. She also volunteers her time to other worthy organizations and causes.

Supporting Members:

Yiola Cleovoulou
yiola@chicksthatkick.com

Yiola has been training in Muay Thai for 5 years at Siam Number One. She trains under Ajahn Suchart Yokerkeripauprai and Kru Clifton Brown. Yiola has also trained under Kru Darwin, now at White Tiger gym and Kru Buem at Siam Number One in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Yiola works at the Uinversity of Toronto and is a doctoral student hence the Nick Name "Teach". Teach's focus: intense training, proper technique and authentic Muay Thai fighting.

Past Chicks That Kick team members:

Annalisa Hill

Jueane Thiessen