Mia St. John "A Night of Knockouts" Affair This Friday in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, May 19 -For more than a decade the face of Mia St. John has adorned magazines, posters and television screens as she blazed a trail in the female boxing world.

Not many people know that St. John has worked on various charitable organizations including one that she established several years ago.

The Mia St. John Foundation is sponsoring a fundraising event "El Saber es Poder/Knowledge is Power" on Friday May 20, beginning at 8 p.m. at the Watermark Tower located at 705 W. Ninth Street in downtown L.A.

St. John has been active in other work and will share Friday's non-profit event with a large number of other luminaries including models Leila Shennib, Daphnee Duplaix, musicians Jude, Daisy Gomez, and DJ Severe, plus television star Lou Pizzaro of Operation Repo to name a few. A number of professional athletes and media personalities including promoter Claudia Ollis of Bad Chicks will also attend the affair.

All proceeds go toward inner city youth programs.

For more information go to the web site: http://www.miastjohnfoundation.com/may20thfundraiser.html

"El Saber Es Poder"

Mia Rosales St.John is a first generation born Latina in America. Her mother, Maria Elena Socorro Rosales, who was born and raised in the beautiful state of Zacatecas, Mexico, is on the board of directors. Maria raised her three children in America and always stressed the importance of education. Maria's favorite saying has always been "knowledge is power." All three of her children hold college degrees.

St.John says "I was put in this position of fame to enable me to help further the position of my people and to be an inspiration and a role model to Latinos everywhere. I want them to know that with education, unity, and believing in ourselves we can overcome any obstacle placed in front of us."

In November of 2008, El Saber Es Poder and Micron donated 30 computers, electricity and internet to Barrio de La Cantera in Zacatecas, Mexico. Mia was also presented with an award from Governor Amalia Garcia, for her role in sports and humanatarianism. The World Boxing Council also presented her with the 2008 "WBC Goodwill Ambassador" Award.

In March of 2010, El Saber Es Poder along with Lou Pizzaro of the hit TV show "Operation Repo" and producer Randy Martinez, produced a PSA in Spanish to raise awareness of mental illness in our inner city youth. It is our hope that by increasing awareness we can decrease the numbers in our correctional system.

In November of 2010, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano joined Mia and LA Laker Ron Artest for an official mental health and suicide prevention training at Napolitano's district office in Santa Fe Springs. Artest and St. John have joined Napolitano to promote the Mental Health in Schools Act, legislation she authored which would increase federal funding for mental health therapists in schools.

Mia also speaks in schools and juvenile halls on the importance of education and overcoming hardship. She recently spoke at The Professional Social Workers Association about the importance of mental health in our community. She speaks of her own battles with mental illness, addiction, poverty and overcoming it all, to become a three time international boxing champion.