My High School Education I graduated from Rolling Meadows High School in 2003 Throughout high school I was a member of the Swim Team Senior Year I joined the Water Polo team in it’s first year as a sport at our school I was a member of The Family Career Community Leaders of America Organization and was given the opportunity to go to state and compete. The competition was to create and present a preschool lesson in which I was awarded 1 st Place For 3 years, I was a member of the National Honor Society

MYPASSIONMYPASSION I didn’t ever want to swim, but to avoid my Grandma’s incessant nagging, I decided to give it a try. From that moment that I entered the pool for the first time, there was no thought about quitting. I started swimming competitively the summer before my freshman year and I continued to swim year round throughout high school. I swam in the fall for the high school and then for park districts in the Winter and Summer. I never left the pool my senior year as Spring was taken up by Water Polo. The first two years of High school, I was at a disadvantage to other swimmers since I started so late in life compared to everyone else, but by Junior year I proved that I had the ability to do well and made the Varsity Team. Senior year, I became captain. Once I start something, I give it my all for as long as it is apart of my life. I hung up my swim suit before attending Eastern, however, the smell of chlorine brings me back to swim a few relaxing laps occasionally

The Swim Team Right: The Varsity team at a Sectionals 2002 held at Stevenson High School.