“It was my first big game for a sport I played before covid, roller derby and it was my first bout, it was nerve wracking but in the end I think it definitely changed me, it was very fun and enjoyable and I learned a lot about my teammates with it, and it changed me to be more brave.”
“I feel like in the past, at my old school I was known as either the artistic one or the one who was obsessed with chickens… So I think that would be how I want to remembered.”
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