WEBVTT 00:00.340 --> 00:02.562 It's all about the heart , the drive to 00:02.562 --> 00:04.173 continue and to keep going . 00:20.930 --> 00:22.708 I'm team Army's female ultimate 00:22.708 --> 00:24.874 champion . So I'll be competing in all 00:24.874 --> 00:26.097 the individual sports 00:32.669 --> 00:34.836 and I'm looking forward to the most is 00:34.836 --> 00:37.058 probably precision air sports . Uh I've 00:37.058 --> 00:38.947 really enjoyed that . It's become 00:38.947 --> 00:40.780 something that's so meditative . 00:50.810 --> 00:53.032 Was diagnosed with cancer in January of 00:53.032 --> 00:55.759 2023 . Um When you're diagnosed with 00:55.770 --> 00:57.937 something like that , when you're told 00:57.937 --> 01:00.048 you're gonna have to halt your entire 01:00.048 --> 01:02.214 career and your entire life to come to 01:02.214 --> 01:04.214 a unit you've never heard of . Um , 01:04.214 --> 01:06.437 your first thought is my life is over . 01:06.437 --> 01:09.180 Um , on top of just the implications of 01:09.190 --> 01:13.059 your diagnosis . Yeah , trying 01:13.069 --> 01:16.389 my best to , to distract me from chemo 01:16.400 --> 01:18.800 and surgeries and not being able to do 01:18.809 --> 01:19.920 what I was before . 01:25.849 --> 01:27.849 They showed me that I still had the 01:27.849 --> 01:29.738 opportunity to be competitive and 01:29.738 --> 01:31.738 creative through these activities . 01:31.738 --> 01:34.071 They were showing us um from , you know , 01:34.071 --> 01:36.127 coloring books to stuff like archery 01:36.127 --> 01:38.293 and air rifle , which I had never done 01:38.293 --> 01:37.080 before . 01:46.839 --> 01:49.540 It was so important for me because the 01:49.550 --> 01:51.717 whole reason that you join the army is 01:51.717 --> 01:53.717 because you're competitive , you're 01:53.717 --> 01:53.449 competitive with yourself . You're 01:53.459 --> 01:55.681 competitive with those around you . You 01:55.681 --> 01:57.792 want to better yourself , you want to 01:57.792 --> 02:00.015 better your family , you want to better 02:00.015 --> 01:58.540 your country . 02:31.000 --> 02:33.222 All these people that have gone through 02:33.222 --> 02:35.222 such incredible stories or had such 02:35.222 --> 02:37.444 incredible stories and have overcome so 02:37.444 --> 02:39.667 much . It reminds you that you're right 02:39.667 --> 02:41.611 there with them and you're able to 02:41.611 --> 02:43.833 continue to push yourself , able to get 02:43.833 --> 02:45.278 better every single day , 02:50.789 --> 02:52.900 even though I might not think that my 02:52.900 --> 02:55.233 story is important to other people . Um , 02:55.233 --> 02:57.369 I might not realize that they carry 02:57.380 --> 02:58.250 some of that with them .