{"id":1963546,"date":"2026-05-30T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1963546"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:00:03","slug":"mackenzie-shirilla-says-she-wants-to-be-a-life-coach-after-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1963546","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Shirilla Says She Wants to Be a Life Coach After Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ad\/16by9\/2026\/05\/29\/ad3caea7e46a40b48870c6ce125eaf4e_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Mackenzie Shirilla Says She Wants to Be a Life Coach After Prison<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Mackenzie Shirilla to Mom<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I WANNA BE A LIFE COACH WHEN I&#8217;M OUT<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-30T01:00:03-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-30T04:34:12-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  May 30, 2026<br \/>\n                                4:34 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-3615e65165a21098ebeb08cafd9f2e99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-cdf47cdc-3e77-4baf-aabd-9ab7816180eb-29485172-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/11\/16by9\/2026\/05\/29\/111348af24b14a7589de701b95a666a0_md.png\" alt=\"mackenzie-shirilla-natalie-shirilla-audio-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-cdf47cdc-3e77-4baf-aabd-9ab7816180eb-29485172-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">POST-CLINK CAREER<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/mackenzie-shirilla-says-she-wants-to-become-life-coach-05-29-2026\/\">Video: Mackenzie Shirilla Says She Wants to Be a Life Coach After Prison<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-04a0fd890ea13ba7ef07acc1b68210a7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mackenzie-shirilla\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Mackenzie Shirilla<\/strong><\/a> is already thinking about life after prison &#8230; and it sounds like she&#8217;s got big plans for what might come next.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1970100498f77569bd729a896c12092c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Take a listen &#8230; TMZ obtained audio of Mackenzie chatting with her mom,\u00a0<strong>Natalie<\/strong>, about\u00a0 her future and a potential new purpose she sees for herself &#8230; becoming a life coach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-73dd413aff319d5af36d83f8687156f4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260529_96a99bd8b6e14ef3862b107e1504ff10\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b1aabf04-bd07-4531-a5a9-267a31ba9c1c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/96\/4by3\/2026\/05\/29\/96a99bd8b6e14ef3862b107e1504ff10_md.png\" alt=\"sub mackenzie shirilla mug shot \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Ohio Reformatory for Women<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b763eaa1c62d585a4c9b8abaf24a7de0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Natalie tells her daughter she&#8217;s been through an incredible amount and suggests those experiences could one day allow her to help others. Mackenzie, who is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life, seems to embrace the idea.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c0852715d2136d3df2c0924886acdb86\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The exchange is brief but revealing &#8230; offering a glimpse into how Mackenzie is envisioning her future behind bars and the kind of impact she hopes to make if she&#8217;s someday released.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ea006334775b02df38c89986edf7142a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-15541015-b263-46cb-8d76-6fa276a097a6-1686677555-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/74\/16by9\/2026\/05\/28\/74b4dee553b648469728ba952b98fc17_md.png\" alt=\"mackenzie-shirilla-audio-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-15541015-b263-46cb-8d76-6fa276a097a6-1686677555-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">QUESTIONABLE CONVO<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/mackenzie-and-natalie-shirilla-call-from-jail-05-28-2026\/\">Video: Mackenzie Shirilla Chats Up Mystery Men in Prison Phone Call With Mom<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f9c561b4588f6a712a9249d107121ead\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This call is a change of pace from other&#8217;s we&#8217;ve heard &#8230; like Mackenzie chatting with her mom about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/28\/mackenzie-shirilla-mysterious-relationship-discussed-on-phone-call-with-mom\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>boys she&#8217;s talking to<\/strong><\/a> and how thinking about the fatal crash makes her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/29\/mackenzie-shirilla-thinking-about-crash-makes-her-vomit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>want to puke<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d1420f632885bd20bcdd511028d1c14a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mackenzie remains incarcerated in Ohio following her 2023 conviction in the crash that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dominic-russo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dominic Russo<\/strong><\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/davion-flanagan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Davion Flanagan<\/strong><\/a>, which prosecutors said was no accident. She&#8217;s the subject of Netflix&#8217;s hit documentary &#8220;The Crash,&#8221; which has reignited public interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/21\/who-is-mackenzie-shirilla\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>her case<\/strong><\/a> and she&#8217;s fighting her conviction and maintains she&#8217;s innocent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99a24063897f39474cf18bd557b473fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect to see Mackenzie as a life coach any time soon &#8230; she&#8217;s not eligible for parole until 2037 &#8230; but a girl can dream.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn 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