Sports and family have always played a big part in school counselor Sara Fiorill’s life.
When Fiorill was a student at Baldwin, she won two WPIAL championships on the softball team, and the team placed second at states, with the team earning a place in the Baldwin Sports Hall of Fame.
Those four years of high school softball were not enough for Fiorill, who now plays for an adult league in Munhall.
“It’s not as competitive, but it is fun to play with my friends,” Fiorill said.
Fiorill also enjoys watching her two children, Grady and Ellie, play sports, and she likes running back and forth from practice to practice with them.
“Watching my kids do what they love, like watching them play the sports that they love and enjoying themselves, makes me so happy,” she said.
With the kids involved in football, basketball, cheerleading, and volleyball, the Fiorill family stays busy. It is important for them to spend time together, despite their busy schedules, Fiorill said.
“I love going places with them and just hanging out,” Fiorill said, “Any time that we get to actually see each other and spend time together is great.”
When she is not with her children, she is at work helping other children through school. Fiorill has worked at Baldwin High School, Paynter Elementary School, Whitehall Elementary School, and McAnulty Elementary School.
And this year, Fiorill is back at high school.
Fiorill always hopes to be someone whom students can trust and talk to.
“I know that it is hard being a teenager, so I want my students to have someone that they can always come to, no matter if it is academic or personal,” Fiorill said.
