Challenges I have faced and overcome

I have been facing and overcoming challenges my whole life.  Most of the challenges have been medical such as having to have an operation and facing the pain of recovery.  I feel like I have also experienced God’s love and grace through all of these events in my life.

Another type of challenge that I have faced surrounded my education.  When I entered junior high school, the adults who attended my IEP (individualized Education Plan) automatically assumed that I would finish high school at 22.  I finished high school at 18  as I was supposed to. 

As I went through college, I faced many challenges along the way.  Most of these challenges were educational.  College was the first time I experienced general education classes.  

After college, I became a fan of

Live Big with Ali Vincent

I started following Ali on Facebook, and I met her at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles. Shortly after meeting Ali, I wrote a letter to her and her team to apply to be on her show, and I was accepted!!

While I was a cast member of the show, I spent a year training for, then completing a 5K in Ontario, California. It took my friends and I four hours and forty-eight minutes to cross the finish line

I do not doubt that life will bring more challenges, but I do know that I have God and an amazing support system on my side.