I started gymnastics at 4 years old, so athletics have always been a huge part of my life. I was also involved in ballet and jazz, dance company. My Mom was also a former gymnast and ballet dancer, and she competed in mixed pairs in the 80's, before I was born. I always admired the pictures of her in competition and I always told myself that I was going to compete someday.

I loved gymnastics, it was everything to me and I was so motivated to be the best I could be. I even had a floor beam in our living room, where I would practice my skills and routines during the weekends when we didn't have team practice at the gym. I was state beam champion for a few consecutive levels and years, and I absolutely loved beam!

I was forced to quit gymnastics after surviving a traumatic brain injury when I was 14 years old. It was pretty serious; I was in a coma for 2 weeks and in rehabilitation for over a year. I relearned everything from regaining coordination to swallow food , walking, to the basic elementary addition and subtraction. I had major memory deficits. It was the most challenging obstacle I have ever been faced with and probably will ever be faced with. Luckily, gymnastics had conditioned me to recognize that practice makes perfect, and when you fail, you need to get back up and try again. That's my recovery story.

Anyways, during my junior year in high school, I decided I wanted to try out for the high school gymnastics team. My life without the structure of athletics and training wasn't the same; not to mention that being a teenager isn't easy for anyone. I was starting to experience depression and frustration with my life and my loses. I needed something to motivate me, to inspire me. I decided to try out for the high school gymnastics team.

Obviously, I was not as good as I was before; I sucked as a competitive gymnast but was still capable of doing more than a intermediate level gymnast. I hadn't trained or competed in 3 or 4 years. It was challenging mentally and physically but I stuck with it. I discovered so much humility through the process. I recognized my truth, I went from not being able to coordinate my muscles to swallow food and not being able to walk at 14 years old, to doing back handsprings on beam at 17 years old.

***AND TO THINK THAT AT ONE POINT, NO ONE EVEN KNEW IF I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE MY BRAIN INJURY AND THAT IT HAD BEEN PREDICTED BY THE NEUROLOGISTS; I WOULD HAVE SERIOUS RESIDUAL EFFECTS..

GOING BACK TO GYMNASTICS WAS A HUGE BREAK THROUGH IN MY LIFE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PROOF THAT YOU CAN DO IT, I AM PROOF! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IF YOU ARE WILLING TO EARN IT.***

I've been active ever since, always looking for new experiences, skills, and motivations through athletics.

The more you suffer, the more pleasure you feel. For us, the fact that there is pain simply means we must discover a way to overcome it. -Marathon-Munks- Japan


Shoot... It's a lifestyle, a passion, and something I enjoy doing. I enjoy pushing myself to the next level. I get a kick out of being a BA chick in the weight room, and I dig being super fit, overall. Looking sexy is just an additional plus. It keeps me motivated and progressing forward.

I'm also a Nutrition, Dietetics student. studying to be a Registered Dietitcian. Nutrition is the fundamental basis for all body functions and once you realize this, you will be capable of doing things you never imagined. Feed yourself. I freaking love feeding my body to perform and function at it's highest level. I'm my own science experiment pretty much.