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Fencing is a historic martial art and one of the first Olympic sports. It's core principles reinforce discipline, strategic thinking, problem-solving and fitness.
The Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork, and Education (PISTE) introduces under-resourced communities in New York City to the sport of fencing and its principles of fitness, discipline, focus, strategic thinking and problem-solving. The organization is founded by Olympic fencer and Flatbush native, Nzingha Prescod. PISTE offers world-class year-round programming to NYC youth in underserved communities at our academy, local parks, and schools. Each year, PISTE reaches more than 600 young people, spreading our core values of sportsmanship, innovation, self-determination, unity, excellence, and resilience through high-performance and recreational fencing programs, at no-cost to families. PISTE has particular interest in serving Black and Brown youth in Flatbush and surrounding neighborhoods.
Funding from our community supporters will help to enhance and expand our fencing and educational programs. PISTE fencing programs range from recreational classes to high-performance training, all aiming to inspire excellence in the youth we serve.
PISTE Mission
To advance educational equity in Flatbush and surrounding neighborhoods of Brooklyn by offering quality fencing-based youth development, paired with academic and intellectual enrichment as a supplement to local schooling. Our goal is to develop high-performers in sport and life through a sustainable educational option that inspires excellence and exploration.
Research demonstrates the power of sports to empower historically disadvantaged groups. A global EY and espnW survey of senior female executives found that 94% of women in the C-suite played sport, including 52% at the university level. Our mission is to provide the opportunity for our youth communities to embrace and achieve their full potential.
Nzingha Prescod
More about our founder.
A Brooklyn native, she’s one of the most decorated athletes in USA fencing history as a 2x Olympian, World Champion and 4x Senior World Medalist.
Amongst her most notable sport accomplishments, Nzingha became the first Black woman to win an individual medal at the Senior World Championships when she claimed bronze in 2015. In July of 2018 she and her team captured Team USA’s first-ever World Championships gold medal for the USA Foil.
Nzingha is a graduate of New York City's highly acclaimed Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University, where she studied political science with a concentration in race and ethnicity. Since retiring from competing, she has committed to expanding access to sport as a sports equity champion advocating for more inclusive and high-quality sport education.
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