CENTER ICE SPOTLIGHT: JACHELLE DIXON | WAKE FOREST, NORTH CAROLINA
Updated: Sep 3, 2020
INTRODUCING JACHELLE DIXON!
Jachelle Dixon is 15 years old and lives Wake Forest, North Carolina. She began ice skating around 5 or 6 years old. In Nov. 2017 she made NHL history as the first Afro Latina to be the Youth Opening Skate. In Feb. of 2018 she attended the Hockey is For Everyone Camp in Philadelphia and met hockey legend Willie O'Ree.
Hockey is the first time that I realized the impact of my skin color. It was also the first time that I stepped into the locker room and not only didn't see another female but didn't see another minority on my team. I want to be a HPOC Ambassador to inspire other young ladies of color to step into the locker room and take your place. I want to show that once that hockey uniform is put on that you become a player and no longer and individual but still need to shine your brightest once your blades hit the