Who Is Modern Athena?

She is everything. She is mother, wife, lover, caretaker, business woman, entrepreneur, gardener, chef, athlete and artist.

She is the culmination and combination of everything it is to be female. She is smart, sexy, and strong — all at once. She does not deny she can be all these things.

She knows she is worth it. She is proof that anything is possible.

Who Am I?

My name is Becca Borawski. My mission with this website is to bring together a community of women who are the Modern Athenas, the Renaissance women, and offer tools and inspiration.

I grew up in Michigan, but have considered Los Angeles home since 1997. I’m a down to earth girl.  I’m a type-A personality.  I’m a geek and an athlete. Since I was a child I have considered myself a writer.

I have an MFA in Cinema-Television Production from USC.  I used to work as a music editor — some of the more well known projects I worked on included Mariah Carey’s “Glitter” and the NBC sit-com, “Scrubs.” I won the Golden Reel for Best Music Editing for an episode of Scrubs in February of 2008.

Somewhere along the way I fell in love with martial arts, specifically Mixed Martial Arts and the UFC. I was able to combine my love of MMA and video production as a freelance video editor, videographer, and producer. I shot most of and edited all of Bas Rutten’s Big DVD’s of Combat, edited and co-produced the Team Quest Strength & Conditioning DVD, and worked as a videographer and editor on a documentary project that followed Rulon Gardner through his preparation to fight Yoshida in 2004.

In 2007, I “retired” from show business to work full-time as the Program Director at CrossFit Los Angeles in Santa Monica, CA. Being a coach is rewarding on a daily basis. There is nothing like making a difference for people, on a physical and emotional level. I truly get to change people’s lives — and it’s an honor.

My start as an entrepreneur was the CFLA Kids program. I founded our kids program in the spring of 2010 and have grown it into a full-fledged school. Currently we instruct children ages 3-12 and are starting a teen program in the fall of 2011.

For a while, I also combined my passions in another way, writing a monthly column for the CrossFit Journal on Martial Arts — CrossFit Journal

I spent the last year studying fencing with a former two-time member of the Romanian Olympic Team at Avant Garde in West Los Angeles.  I currently study Muay Thai at Robot BJJ & Muay Thai.

My latest business venture is as an MMA promoter — I am the Director of Events for the University of MMA, putting on fight shows all over Southern California.

You can find my creative writing at NerdJockPrincess.com.

I love to cook.  I love to shoot things — sometimes with a camera, sometimes with a gun.  The extent of my material dreams consists of a possessing a house, a garden, and a Jack Russell.

I write because it is my true passion.  My goal is to touch and inspire others.