The skills and personal characteristics that Paula James, CPC. brings to Embrace the Game comes from her personal athletic background and broad professional resume.  Aside from typical schooling, Paula’s first decade of life included competitive swimming, diving and gymnastics.  She continued her water borne sports in high-school and college and competes today as a member of United States Masters Swimming.  Her professional background includes the advertising, transportation and real estate development industries in positions of sales, operations and management.  Paula’s personal experience with athletic endeavors coupled with her business acumen acquired in her nearly thirty years since college graduation bring a perspective and insight that she will use to help the student-athletes connect the dots between school, sports, family, friends and life.  Paula's passion is speaking to students and adults of all ages. She is endeared by the people she inspires.

Tish Carroll is a certified teacher and a Certified Professional Coach. She is a native of Las Vegas where she grew up swimming competitively and was later able to compete at the collegiate level. She has been a teacher for over 15 years where she has taught in Europe and in both public and private schools in Las Vegas. Tish was awarded the Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award, the South West Professional Development Award as well as being honored as a finalist in the Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award for Education. Tish has been a speaker with Star Ministry since 2003 and is the co-founder of the non-profit Embrace the Game and Embrace God's Game. Tish has written the curriculum for the three session sports workshops as well as the six week program on the Seven Plays of Success. Her passion is imparting strategies for helping the participants connect the dots between the “games” of their sport, school, business, family and friends.

Tish has been married to Paul Carroll for 26 years, has a son David 21, daughter Leslie 18 and son Michael 9.

embrace the game
9115 west russell rd
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las vegas, NV 89148

phone: 702-769-3754

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