I am most proud of my accomplishments in gymnastics. Gymnastics was the first place where I experienced rejection; the second time was being rejected from medical school. After my first gym closed down, my mother began researching competitive teams for my sister and I to join. Most gymnasiums require for you to tryout before making a decision. All the of the gyms we tried out at wanted my sister because she was very talented. However, they thought that I was too slow and not quite good enough. Although Joel Shaeffers, the owner of Mid-Island Gymnastics, agreed with the other coaches, he thought that I had potential because he saw how hard I worked. I went a whole year without competing, which is abnormal except in the case of injury, and worked
