NaCho Dao Lin

How did you come up with your derby name and number?
One of my patients kept saying “Hey darling could you (insert request here)? And I kept thinking “I’m not your darling!!!”. Originally I was going to go with Nacho Dawllin and do like a Mexican wrestler theme but someone suggested Na Cho Dao Lin and I liked that people might not get it and have trouble pronouncing it. It may still change. The number I picked at random prior to a scrimmage one day but I realized after picking it that it was my junior high basketball nickname Dana 44 it is a part for a car my friends brother called me that and it caught on.

Why did you join TTRB?
I had been thinking I wanted to do roller derby for a while had gone to some PFM practices and then I saw a flyer for the league in the bathroom at the Rebar. I went to the orientation and after listening to Sally and Mae talk about this league and seeing what their passion and hard work had brought about I just had to be apart of it.

How long have you been skating?
6 months

Who is your derby idol?
Re-AnimateHer

What derby related injuries, if any, have you had?
Nothing that has kept me from skating, I’ve had bruised knees, pulled muscles and ingrown toenails

What is your favorite off-skates workout?
It’s a tie between running and kicking ass in general

How has derby improved your life?
I make better decisions about what I’m going to eat, how I exercise, I treat people better and I’m less pissed off at the world. It also has helped with how I perceive myself.

What do you do with your time, other than derby?
On the weeks I’m not pulling 72 hours at work I run and bake mostly, sometimes I paint

What do you like most about Roller Derby?
When you see a team really working together and whatever strategy they are using actually working because they are working together

Do you have a quote/saying that means a lot to you?
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." -Dr. Seuss