Yasi The Champion: A Table Tennis Tale

by HH-PAX (Illustrator)

Overview

Yasi the Champion is a children's book written by Yasiris Ortiz. In her first book ever, Ms. Ortiz narrates her story to share with her audience, children, and adults, how she first fell in love with the sport of Table Tennis. Yasi, a young Latina girl from the Dominican Republic, becomes interested in playing table tennis after seeing two girls playing at a mall. Her dreams of becoming a Table Tennis Champion are born. Ms. Ortiz is a professional table tennis champion. In Yasi the Champion, she hopes to inspire kids and young adults to aim high and realize their dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578333434
Publisher:	Yasiris Ortiz
Publication date:	01/19/2022
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.06(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Yasiris Ortiz is the founder and CEO of Spin&Learn. After more than 12 years of experience and
playing professional table tennis, Ms. Ortiz created Spin&Learn. Her table tennis program is designed
to motivate students in the public and private schools’ sector to become professional table tennis
players.
Ms. Ortiz was born and raised in the Dominican Republic where she started her table tennis career
at a young age. She has won multiple medals including the Women’s Caribbean championship title
in 2018. She came to the US in 2016 with the goal of introducing table tennis into all NYC schools.
Today Ms. Ortiz lives in NYC and is an active professional table tennis player, coach, community
service leader, and motivational speaker.