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Allyson Felix married her husband Kenneth in 2018. They have a daughter named Camryn. Felix is the daughter of Paul and Marlean Felix, and she has a brother named Wes, who is also her agent. She also has a poodle named Lucy. Felix began competing in track and field during her freshman year of high school. She also served as a member of the President’s Council for fitness, sports, and nutrition. Additionally, she serves as a Right to Play ambassador and has traveled through the organization to Lebanon and Palestine, where she has been able to see how play can inspire children and change communities. Felix participates in Project Believe, which is a voluntary drug-testing program that protects clean athletes by testing past the standard drug test requirements. She also traveled to Rio in 2014 as the U.S. State Department Sports Diplomacy Ambassador. Currently, Felix invests in a plant-based protein bar company and advises for a fitness technology startup.