Jeileen Alvarez is 30 years old and trains out of Springfield, MA with Team Link (Northampton). She stands 5'3" tall and weighs in at 125 pounds. Jeileen was a 3 sport athlete in high school and college, earning the conference's "Defensive Player of the Year" in basketball. She was also the #1 runner on her collegiate cross country team before graduating Summa Cum Laude. A few years later she was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame!
1 month after starting brazilian jiu jitsu she won her first tournament, and from 2012 - 2018 Jeileen was on top of tournament podiums winning and placing in countless IBJJF tournaments around the world including Boston, Montreal, and NY. Jeileen has won gold medals in weight classes from 119 pounds through the aboslute divisions. Be sure to check out her coach's Instagram account @garybjj as well as the team website www.teamlinknoho.com !