Mobility means so much to me, it’s hard to describe in only a few sentences. Mobility allows movement and movement allows healing. I knew this logically, through my education as a physical therapist, but it wasn’t until recently that I experienced it myself. I have always had a complicated relationship with my body and never was proud of what my body looked like, or what it could do. In 2020, I decided to do things that would scare me. I signed up for my first marathon, Chicago 2020. While the 2020 marathon was cancelled due to Covid, starting to train for it changed my life. I was trying new things, running, working out with a community, and making progress like I had never seen. A year later, I crossed the finish line of the 2021 Chicago Marathon, with tears of joy streaming down my face. I didn’t just complete a marathon, it felt like every step of those 26.2 miles was a step of healing and creating a new, loving relationship between myself and my body.
Since then, I've never looked back. I've discovered endurance triathlon, have completed 3 Ironman 70.3 events, and am currently training for my first full Ironman in September! My mobility and ability to move transformed that for me and continues to transform who I am – helping me become the most myself I have ever been. I’m not sure there is anything quite as powerful as that.
Climbing for ROMP is a metaphor for the mountains we all face. I'm proud to join the 10th annual Climbing for ROMP campaign and tackle my 'mountain' to help amputees get high-quality prosthetic care so they can take their first steps. I'm honored to be joining an incredible team to summit the 19,000 Cayambe volcano in Ecuador in support of ROMP!
Please consider donating to my page, joining the campaign, and sharing! Every dollar is 100% tax deductible and goes directly to ROMP's mission of ensuring access to high-quality prosthetic care for underserved amputees.
We climb for equitable access to care.
We climb for change.
We climb for ROMP.
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