I've been an athlete ever since I can remember! I grew up competing as a gymnast until age 15 when I literally out grew the sport - no joke my feet hit the floor on the high bar 🤦‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️ . I started playing volleyball and basketball when I was in middle school both shooting and hitting with my left hand...until I realized I am better rotationally with my right arm - then things began to click.

My freshman year at Carmel High School I was moved up to Varsity and decided to play club volleyball because I fell in love with the sport! During my time playing club ball that summer my coach told me I would never make it as a collegiate athlete, so my mom and I decided it was time to move so I could play at a higher level and with better coaching.

I moved to Santa Barbara, CA for my last three years of high school. I played and coached youth beach volleyball every summer through college. I played three years of Varsity Volleyball at San Marcos High School and on the 18-1's team for Santa Barbara Volleyball Club. I was recruited to play at the University of Miami (Florida) played for two seasons, then transferred to Oregon State University to play in the Pac-12 Conference . In high school I was also selected as 1 of 4 of the first female high school athletes to train with P3 (Peak Performance Project) and this is when I really began to understand movement mechanics and specifically how training translated into performance.