Nina Raspa is in her first season as a member of the Poets cross country team. She was born in Los Angeles, CA. She started running when she was fourteen because her brother ran cross country and she wanted to do the same. She went on to run for Ealge Rock High School where she earned MVP, most inspirational, and distance award. She is planning on majoring in Kinesiology and hopes to some day work as a physical therapist or coach. She credits her success to her mom, dad, sister, brother, and grandpa.