For the past two NFL seasons, Katie Sowers has been a trailblazer in plain sight.
For one thing, she has been an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers — only the second woman to be hired full-time by an NFL team.
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For another, she is openly gay.
You likely were unawares. Offered an internship with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014 as part of the Bill Walsh NFL Coaching Diversity Fellowship, Sowers was hired full-time in 2017.
“I was looking for a full-time job and wanted to prove I was valuable,” she told marketwatch.