On a random summer day, I decided to get my eyes checked by an optometrist. All the usual tests were done, including a test that dilated my eyes. After the appointment, I could not read anything up close for a couple hours, and this was a road block since I was planning on going to […]

10 months ago, I received news that was carried by a dear friend, Jordan Kohler, who served it with a snickerdoodle cupcake (she knows the way to my heart). This was the kind of news that changed the direction of my next step. News that made me a part of something so much bigger than […]

A few weeks ago, I volunteered with my teammates at Tribute 2014 – an amazing gala held to honor the 2014 Team after they returned from Alaska. Towards the end of the night, my teammates and I were introduced to the audience as the now “current team.” That’s when it first hit me that our […]

For those reading this (anyone out there?), you may know that I am the daughter of a blogger extraordinaire. Even though it mainly details the day-t0-day life of my own mother, I read it eagerly and religiously. Therefore, you may understand why writing a personal blog post is daunting to me. I’ve got some sasquatch-sized […]

The year is off to a running start. This weekend I will take the first of several Texas 4000 fitness tests. This one is a quick 5k– I’ve been crazy busy for the last few weeks so I’m hoping that I have a decent time in me! After this test, our weekly Saturday morning 7AM […]

I must really love my team because I find writing to be an absolutely dreadful experience, however, here I am doing just that for my teammates. Apparently we won’t be updated to the new team on the website until everyone has written a blog post on here. And as much as I dislike writing I […]

I have a fun memory from a recent panhandling adventure. On a Sunday afternoon before the fall semester started, a bunch of my teammates and I went out panhandling as a sort of last ditch effort at fundraising while it was still summer break. It was very hot, probably over 100 degrees that day, and we […]

My 12-year old Moroccan host sister looked at me with tears in her eyes this past summer and said in Arabic that her friend had only 2 weeks left because of cancer.  I responded, “I will ride for her next summer.” Of course she was a little confused as to what I meant by that […]

Just short of a year ago I was in the process of applying to what is the best organization that only a handful of people have the opportunity to be apart of. I remember walking out of my interview knowing that there was no way that I was going to get accepted after making history […]

Hi! Blogging to post that I’m participating in an Olympic distance tri this weekend, Sunday September 7th, 2014 in Washington D.C. with my Family! Also participating in the race which helps raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will be my Uncle(Godfather) Tim and my Sister Monica and her friend Paige as well as my Uncle […]