{"id":42,"date":"2025-10-08T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:29:59","slug":"simone-morden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Morden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" style=\"width:396px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-1536x764.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2-1100x547.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo_1759354856118-2.jpg 1808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stuyvesant High School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HerMoveNext Foundation Inc <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermovenext.com\/\">HerMoveNext.com<\/a>) \u2013 nonprofit<br><em><strong>Program Coordinator, Grant Writer, Coach, Tournament Director, Emcee, Content Contributor<\/strong><\/em><br>HerMoveNext Foundation: volunteer service for chess outreach free to girls in 24 U.S. states and 7 countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Her Coaches Program Coordinator:<\/em> offer free weekly instruction; includes girls from Ghana, Kenya &amp; Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Her Grant Co-writer:<\/em> submitted grant to US Chess <a href=\"https:\/\/new.uschess.org\/news\/2025-Women-Girls-Grant\">2025-26 Women and Girls cycle of programming grants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Her League Team Coach:<\/em> coach players &amp; teams via Zoom in monthly online quad-team chess tournaments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Her League Tournament Director:<\/em> chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschess.org\/msa\/MbrDtlTnmtDir.php?15515206\">tournament director<\/a> ensuring SafeSport fair play &amp; US Chess rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Her Talks Emcee:<\/em> interview monthly successful female professionals for Her League\u2019s opening ceremonies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Her Teams Program Coordinator:<\/em> organize teams annually to US Amateur Team East (USATE) tournament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stuyvesant\u2019s Girls\u2019 Chess Club<\/strong><br><em>Cofounder\/President; <\/em>Girls\u2019 national team champs: <a href=\"https:\/\/allgirls.rknights.org\/index.php\/2023-all-girls-national-championship\/\">2023<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/allgirls.rknights.org\/index.php\/2024-all-girls-national-championship\/\">2024<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/allgirls.rknights.org\/index.php\/2025-all-girls-national-championship\/\">runners-up 2025<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingregistration.com\/results\/nystategirls24\/team\/open\">2024 NYS champs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stuyvesant\u2019s Chess Club<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><em>Treasurer (2025-2026); <\/em>Apply for funding and help with outreach to Stuyvesant students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Martial Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Professional World Taekwondo <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/nycmartialartscenters.com\/\">nycmartialartscenters.com<\/a>)<br><em>Martial Arts Instructor and Kukkiwon registered 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Degree Black Belt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professional World Taekwondo Summer Camp Volunteer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidate for Martial Arts Taekwondo Master 4<sup>th<\/sup> degree black belt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noteworthy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>World Cadet Chess Championship, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.uschess.org\/news\/us-chess-announces-world-cadet-qualifiers#:~:text=Details%20concerning%20the%202018%20World,as%20of%20January%201%2C%202018.\"><strong>Member Team USA<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> hosted in Spain, 11\/2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Featured in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermovenext.com\/her-film-her-move-next\"><strong>award-winning<\/strong><\/a><strong> 2018 film documentary&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OjPcg3eHwxU\"><strong><em>Her Move Next<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong> by Ian Phillips<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chess Simul versus Yifan Hou<\/strong> (former Women\u2019s #1) &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w0H7btBCV2c\"><strong>Simul Video 2019<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place for 2024 NYC Girls\u2019 Chess Individual Championship K-12<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/chessintheschools.org\/tournament\/2024-3-2all-girls-nyc-chess-championship\/\"><strong>2024 Open Section<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3rd Place for 2024 NYS Girls\u2019 Chess Individual Championship K-12<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingregistration.com\/results\/nystategirls24\/standings\/open\"><strong>2024 Open Section<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo-1100x619.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-photo.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"478\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 478;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Simone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Her-Teams-Rally.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Her Move Next - Award Winning Chess Documentary\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjPcg3eHwxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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