- Mother of Olympic judo bronze medalist and UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.
- Mother of judoka Julia DeMars.
- Holds a PhD and MA degree in educational psychology from the University of California at Riverside, an MBA from the University of Minnesota, and a BS/BA from Washington University.
- Works for the University of Southern California (USC) as a statistical consultant.
- Founded a statistics and mathematics consulting company named The Julia Group (named after her youngest daughter).
- Has four daughters: Maria Burns, Jennifer Rousey, Ronda Rousey and Julia DeMars.
- Her grandfather was Trinidadian-Canadian, Dr. Alfred Waddell.
- First American male or female to win a world championship in judo.
- Hold a sixth degree black belt in judo.
- Mother of ESPN and Fox Sports Latino columnist Maria Burns-Ortiz.
- Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
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