About a decade ago, Brooklyn Castle was released It tells the stories of five members of the chess team at a below-the-poverty-line inner city junior high school that has won more national championships than any other in the country. Rochelle Ballantyne, then 17, starred in the film.
![Chess Player Rochelle Ballantyne](https://cassiuslife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2022/01/16427105960021.jpg?w=1024&strip=all&quality=80)
Rochelle will be joining us for the Cross Culture Session on On April 1st at Noon ET/7 PM Kenya time . She will inspire the girls with a few career highlights and talk about her goals and how she overcame adversity.