While many athletes started competing as children, I didn’t find my sport (the full-pads version that is) until a Jr. high school player whom was the fastest player on the team,  challenged me to a sprint race . By the end of my junior year, I was receiving scholarship offers  and training as hard as I could. Now, I have played and coached  my sport all over the world. Every day feels like a gift. I am grateful to my family and to my supporters for making this possible.