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~ Life is like riding a bicycle. If you don't jump on and pedal, you won't go anywhere ~

I was born and bred in bonnie Scotland, where my entire family resides. I have had the privilege to live in different countries and experience various cultures, due to my father's career in the oil industry. I spent the first 5 years of my life living by the desert in Oman, before moving back to Scotland, where I spent the rest of my childhood. At age 11, my family relocated to Chile, where I learned to speak fluent Spanish and rode on horseback over the Andes Mountains to Argentina, to raise money for cancer. While moving around has been a remarkable opportunity, it is incredibly challenging to move to a foreign country where you are isolated culturally, socially, & linguistically. My 2 older sisters live halfway across the world; they are my best friends, my role models, and I miss them every day.

My life in the USA started at age 16, when I moved to the vibrant city of New Orleans. Unfortunately, only one year after living there, Hurricane Katrina flooded our home and destroyed our lifelong possessions and collection of memories. I am forever grateful to have had the chance to evacuate and relocate. I finished high school in Houston, and ever since I have been living in vivacious Austin and ”˜keeping it weird'.
I recently graduated from UT with a B.S. in Kinesiology and a specialization in Health & Fitness. I love my new job as a Personal Trainer & Fitness Instructor at BodyBusiness. I don't have concrete plans for the future, but I am looking forward to spreading my passion for health and fitness, in a way that can truly help others to live a more enjoyable life. I am thankful & grateful to be where I am today, and to have such a loving family and boyfriend by my side.

Why I Ride

I can only imagine how devastating and frightening it must be to leave the world feeling so much agony, weakness, and fear. It broke my heart to witness my loving grandmother suffer from uterine cancer. However, I choose to remember the way she lived and will forever cherish our joyful memories together. It saddens me to think that millions of people suffer excruciating pain during their last moments on Earth. After suffering from a brain haemorrhage and hemiplegia, my mother was recently diagnosed with a melanoma. After coming through so many struggles, it was her last straw. My family and I were so grateful for the early diagnosis and treatment. This is why I feel so passionately about participating in Texas 4000 and raising money for cancer research; I think that it’s vital that we catch the deadly disease before it’s too late. Nobody deserves to lose a battle against cancer, nobody deserves to lose a loved one to cancer; we must face the brutal disease with our strongest will, fight it, and win!