My Story
I didn't step onto a wrestling mat until I was 16 years old at Eastside High School in Lancaster, California. While most of my competitors had been wrestling since childhood, my entry into the sport wasn't a slow build—it was an absolute rager.
Just three months after learning the rules, I found myself in the CIF finals. I ended up taking second, not because I was out-wrestled, but because I was so raw I got disqualified for locking hands too many times! Despite the rookie mistakes, I made it to State that very first year and placed, setting off a streak of consecutive State placements throughout my high school career.
I headed off to college with barely two and a half years of wrestling experience to my name. I was growing up in the sport in real-time. But I learn fast.
During my time at Menlo College, I became a 4-time All-American and helped lead our team to a historic 2 National Championships. By the time I hit my third and fourth years of wrestling, I was no longer just learning the ropes—I was on the biggest stages in the world. I placed top 8 globally at the U23 World Championships and found myself wrestling at Final X, challenging for a Senior World Team spot against the absolute best in the nation. along the years I battled it out making to Olympic Trails placing top 6 at both falling short but still grateful.
Wrestling at the Senior level is an unforgiving grind, full of intense highs, deep valleys, and constant ebbs and flows. But my greatest challenge—and proudest triumph—has been my most recent chapter.
In June 2025, I gave birth to my son, Abrams, Ten months later, I stepped back onto the mat as a new mother and in a completely new weight class: 72 kilos. What followed was the most relentless three-week stretch of my career:
The Return:
After 10 months away, I took Silver at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas.
10 Days Later:
I traveled to the Pan American Championships in Iowa and brought home Gold for Team USA.
6 Days Later:
I competed at the World Team Trials, taking second and officially making my fifth Senior National Team.
Through all the growing pains, the narrow margins, the adversity, and the beautiful transition into motherhood, my mantra remains exactly the same:
"And still I rise."
Today, I am pouring everything I know back into the next generation as a coach at Augsburg University, Victory School of wrestling and Apple Valley Highschool, but I am still following my dreams, I was born in Los Angeles, and I intend to bring this unbelievable journey full circle.
My eyes are locked on the 2028 Olympic Games.
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