No matter what it looks like or how hard it gets. I AM going to make it!!!

I work 3 jobs as a single mother to provide for my 3 children and myself. I show up with a smile daily and still chose to chase these dreams of mine. Even tho I have no support financially. My dream to do something that has never been done since the universe has been here. I do so much what people call crazy. That I work 3 jobs and train for both the winter and summer Olympic Games and the sports I have chosen to train for don’t pay money like other sports unfortunately.

I speed skate on ice and I am currently 1 of 3 black woman in the entire world who do this. I also currently do track cycling and am currently the only black woman in the United States who is training for olympics for this sport. I am training 6 times a week and 4 times a day. Just like most people of color frown upon swimming, most do the same when it comes to what most people call ice skating. I don’t just ice skate, but I speed skate on ice. I am very passionate about this because it is rare for a black girl from Los Angeles, California (the jungles area) to be exact, to skate on anything to do with ice.

First of you would think I was out my mind, because as we all know ice is cold. My doctor already to me I was anemic. So I’m already colder than your average person as it is. Then for me to pick a sport that is overly cold is beyond me. Then to indulge in this sport who does not pay any money. Where I don’t have support or funding is overly hard. So I think of the positive and not the negative no matter what it looks like. I will make it. I am going for olympic gold in both sports. Something that has never been accomplished by a women of color in this sport since the Winter olympics and summer olympics have been around. Since no one has done it. Why not me? Why can’t it be me? I am my own super hero. So I will and I shall and I am!

Also another sport I chose was track cycling, something also very rare with women of color. In track cycling we ride with no brakes. 45 degree banks on each side of the track, we ride on a wooden track with cleats, while being clipped in and ride fast in a oval. So I chose a sport in the winter olympics and a sport in the summer olympics that have zero support financially for people of color. Then realize neither of these sports will pay money and there is no support for me being a woman of color in either of these sports in any area of these 2 in fact.

I am literally going against all odds. Going after 2 sports that have never been accomplished with olympic gold in history of both winter and summer games by a woman of color for speed skating on ice and track cycling.

Overall I was not stopped from being born during birth when my twin sister died. I was not stopped in my divorce after my marriage of 6 years ended, I was not stopped in my near death abusive relationships. I was not stopped by homelessness living in my car for 2 years, I was not stopped by what the world thought I should do. I was not stopped by my weight gain of 178 pounds when my last child was born. I was not stopped by being a single mother of 3, and I was not stopped of having children, because I didn’t have a babysitter, I keep moving forward. That’s the key. No matter the obstacles, I get through it and I have no other options. I works 3 jobs while training for olympics 6 times a week for speed skating in short track on ice. I am 1 of 3 women in the entire world competing in my category who are African American (black) who speed skate in short track on ice. As well as the only woman of color in the United States training for track cycling.

I love both these sports. I am already a very passionate and intense person. Who goes after what I believe and my story can encourage millions because I am still chasing and hanging on to my 2 dreams even in the face of adversity. With no help in site. My 2 dreams I hold in my mind, is very possible. Even though I go through in many different areas of hardships, I understand the tough times will not last always. That the sun has to eventually shine through all storms.

I believe 100% that I am the one. Most people don’t even work on there dreams. But here I am being a huge risk taker and trainer for 2 separate Olympic Games while being a single mother and having to work 3 jobs. I will be thee best I can be, no matter who doesn’t see my vision, I am a very unique and determined individual. I want more out of life. My life cannot just be work 3 jobs for the rest of my life, so I am investing in myself. No matter who doesn’t not see this vision, I see it for myself. I am representing every single possibility there is of how you can over come no matter what, like I am doing now and still just going for it all. I am taking the first step and then if others see my passion they will take the next steps along side me as well. I am still alive and breathing so it is not over.