Bring all of your judging questions here for answers from our Director of Judging Advancement.
$15 for non members and Free for BGDG Members! Be sure to look for the date of the workshop that you desire.
Jasmine Swyningan - Director of Judging Advancement
After competing (gymnastics) for and graduating from Iowa State University, Swyningan Bedford moved to Chicago to pursue graduate studies and reignited her passion for the sport by transitioning to judging. She has been judging Women’s Compulsory to NCAA Division I-III gymnastics throughout the country for nearly a decade and also choreographs routines in her spare time. As a Black/biracial woman in a majority white sport, she is regularly asked, ‘What are you?’ to which she answers, ‘A human being.’ Her experiences have shaped how she approaches judging, and she has been facilitating conversations about race and implicit bias with the broader gymnastics’ community in her home state of Minnesota. Swyningan Bedford works full-time as a project manager for a healthcare company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from ISU, a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Chicago and a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from Loyola University Chicago.