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I competed til I was almost 23 I actually came to issue as a 21 year old

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freshman, which is kind of a different
path than most biggest reason is.

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Um of course I competed in the
olympics and competed professionally for a

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couple of years and knew that I would
go to school at some point, you know

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, I'm a big believer in everything.
You've come in contact with the people

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, you come in contact with, influence
where you go in life and you know, a

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issue was definitely a springboard for
my future. I think coming to issue

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, I didn't know where it was going to
end up or what I was going to do

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after being here, not only did it, um,
you know, start the ground of my

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future career, I also met my husband
of course we have a family now and

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you know, I think issue to me was
definitely the beginning of such a

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phenomenal future career as an adult.
I think issue really opened my eyes

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and introduced me to so many great
people that have, I think made me such

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a better people, person, you know,
with what I do every day. I'm working

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in a business with lots of families
throughout our community, you know,

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really, I think helped me get a good
foundation of what it means to work

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with people and what my goal to work
with people and that's to touch as

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many lives as I can in our community,

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knowing that not only am I teaching
and working with kids, but I'm also

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teaching them the thing that I loved
most in life as a kid, for me, the

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motivation is knowing that I could
change the kids like every single day

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of my life and there's no better
feeling like you're changing the future

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of these kids and not just to be
gymnast, that's definitely not the reason

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I do what I do, Hopefully inspiring
them to find their passion and pursue

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things that they want to be great at
and and encouraging them to dream big

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because anything is possible

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when given the opportunity to be a
part of the Arizona state gymnastics

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team, I just was so honored, I worked
out with them, number one, I was

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still competing, I was at every
competition with them, I worked in the

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office and really tried to promote the
sport of gymnastics here on the

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campus and outside in the community
and it was such a great experience for

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me, like I said, I didn't get to
compete personally, but to be a part of

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an Arizona state team is just an
unlivable feeling.Mhm