It was nice to not have to share a bathroom with so many people, and I was right next to the dining hall.
I actually felt like I had lucked out, even if the walls were surprisingly thin. I lived in Wallach Hall in a single room within a suite. What do you remember about your first-year living situation? It was in my sophomore year that I discovered rugby and finally felt like I had found my crowd. I was developing ever more courage to better understand and be myself. This ranged from playing coed sports with people I had never met, to going to the opera for the first time, to crowd-surfing at my first Bacchanal. I desperately wanted to fit in and find my community, so I tried many new things and threw myself into exploring my newfound autonomy as the “young adult in New York City” that I imagined myself to be. Mike LeeI vividly remember being pretty overwhelmed by it all: living away from my brothers for the first time (as a triplet, the distance was harder than I thought it would be) being surrounded by peers who came from private schools, who seemed to have a much easier time navigating discussion-based class settings sorting through the unimaginably wide spectrum of activities (clubs, events, etc.) to choose from - the list goes on. What were you like when you arrived at Columbia? When she is not chasing a rugby ball or doing heavy lifting, she likes to bake for her wife, Marjorie, play with her two cats and read a good book. She is the first Brazilian ambassador for Athlete Ally and the Gay Games, standing up for LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion in sport.
Since then, Cerullo’s journey has included a bronze medal in the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games, five South American titles, participation in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and leading her team as co-captain in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. Instead, she moved to Brazil in 2014 to pursue her Olympic dream. Cerullo recently retired from international rugby to join the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, applying the skills she acquired on the rugby pitch.īorn in the United States to Brazilian parents, Cerullo graduated from the College with a degree in biology and a special concentration in human rights, and planned to go to medical school. Isadora “Izzy” Cerullo ’13 is an Olympic rugby sevens athlete in December, she was nominated as best rugby athlete by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
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