Why I Decided to Change Career Paths
It really is extremely difficult to leave one's first love. I had never experienced that feeling and the contradicting range of emotions that come with it until recently. Sports were my first love and I've spent majority of my life pursuing excellence in it. Whether it was my parents taking me to the store in 1st grade to collect trading cards and getting the stick of hard gum that lost its flavor after three chews, which evolved into me being a multi-sport athlete by age 8. Fast forwarding some, it led to me being a two-sport star in High School that had a selection of the finest universities in the nation to choose from to continue my dream. This gave way to academic and research achievements in the field, which allowed me to pursue athletics as a professional pathway and help numerous kids and adults follow their passion as well. It has been an amazing journey, one that I am very proud of; full of accolades, precious memories, meeting lifelong friends, and carving out relati...