Category: Stories

Austen Czuleger

“I have been fairly successful at a national level in the sport of kayak racing and the sport of powerlifting and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved in both of these sports but these accomplishments don’t define who I am.

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Taka Gomez

#BellLetsTalk “Dealing with performance anxiety and depression throughout my life has always been a struggle. From writing academic exams to playing in basketball games, I had a tendency to second guess myself which negatively affected my performance and my day

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Brandon Luu

“It’s a little scary to be moving away from home for so long but I’m so excited. When I got accepted to the Chiropractic school in Portland I was ecstatic, it was something I always wanted to do after finishing

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Derek Jones

“I tore my acl during the 3rd game of the season so these past few months have been draining at times. It seems like time slows down when you are injured. It’s been a struggle but I’ve been keeping a

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Amanda DuPlessis

  “I got into a dangerous relationship, it was quite scary, I got to a point where I wasn’t able to get out of it without help, I had to finally speak up. Got people in school involved, got cops

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Blake Dalton

“Obviously, look at him, it’s a lot of fun. Everyday you get to do something that is different from previous. Being a dad is almost like being a coach. You got your athlete and you care about them deeply. And

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Maria Liaskas

“I started Rhythmics gymnastics when I was in kindergarten, so I was super young. Since then, I was training 6 days a week, 4 hours a day, I was super competitive really early in my life. From then on, everything

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Larissa Chiu (3/3)

“Sports wise, I was always a person of diversity and I always wanted to challenge myself. I did a lot of sport like track and field, basketball, soccer, skiing and snowboarding. I diversified myself a lot. Some people like to

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Larissa Chiu (2/3)

“In flying, there was a person of higher rank, older and basically the adult supervisor. He was very nice of giving instructions/tips in the 1st time I got my license, when the 2nd time came around he was out there

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