Episode 24: Kanya Sesser - No Legs. No Limits. Anything Is Possible!

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Hello, beautiful humans.
Welcome to another episode of

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of your network, okay?
So everyone Once in a while,

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someone comes along and just
shatters all expectations.

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My guest today is the absolute
phenomenon.

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Kanye assessor Konya is a skater
Surfer, skier, activist,

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motivational speaker,
model-actress the list, just

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goes on and on, and on.
She was born without legs in

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Thailand and she was found at
three months old, then brought

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to a local hospital where she
lived until entering foster

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care, she was then adopted
around.

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Here's old and brought to the
United States now.

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I don't know how, but Kanye
seems to always have this hell

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yes, Invincible.
Can-do.

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Attitude.
That has propelled her to try

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just about everything with the
motto.

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No legs, no limits.
Anything is possible.

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Get ready to be inspired.
Welcome, Kanye.

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I thank you so much for having
me.

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I am so thrilled to be talking
with you.

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Now we have something in common,
they were both adopted.

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Opted through Holt International
Children's Services which in my

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opinion is the most incredible.
Adoption.

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Nonprofit organization in the
world?

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So you have to fill in the
details of your origin story.

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Oh my gosh.
Yes.

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Holt is such an amazing like
actually that's where my parents

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my adopted parents about me and
adopted me.

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It was through hole and I went
to whole camp out ever since I

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was adopted until I was like old
enough to like not go anymore

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but it's so cool.
See all of my friends, I grew up

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with that whole camp out and
just see them, like just grow up

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and be such a beautiful human
being, and just having their own

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family, and doing their own
careers, and whatever.

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And it's really amazing.
So, that's so cool that we're

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both from like the whole, like,
it's still, like mind-blowing

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that the universe is connects us
so much.

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I really feel that they are
doing God's work.

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It feels like there's just
angels that work there angels

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that are than I like bringing
people together and Finding love

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in unique places and you know,
our lives were changed.

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We were touched by grace and
compassion, I believe it's

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covered.
So you were adopted at 5 which

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you know I have an adopted
brother and sister they were

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adopted at 5 and 6 years old and
it was not easy for them at all.

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They already learned Vietnamese,
they had already had the culture

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in them and then to be plucked
up and then plopped into a

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completely different family, a
different culture, different

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language and straight into Cool?
I remember how tough it was.

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Was it like that for you too?
Oh, my goodness.

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Okay.
So when I was, you know, adopted

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around age five and a half or
five years old, my mom told me.

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I already had the Thai language
and the funny story was when

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they adopted me and my family
adopted me, they went all the

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way to Thailand to get me, and
come to America.

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And my mom was warned and like
my caseworker and all the nurses

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and tie like I told her to learn
a little bit of Thai words,

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that's very important.
And so that way, she can

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understand what I wanted because
I did not know English at all.

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I know, was Ty.
And the most important word that

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my mom had to learn was who
bathroom.

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I need to go to the bathroom or
like, I want to eat because it's

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very important.
Okay, we need to understand what

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she wants and it's important if
I need to go to bathroom, if I'm

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hungry.
But I remember my dad says Just

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pointed at everything.
I do a lot of like, less verbal

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more like physical communication
and that's how my parents

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understood what I wanted and we
were on the plane one time and I

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was like, ooh, as I get to go to
the bathroom and then I know

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this is like, it's funny and my
moms like, are you okay?

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Like you know, what's going on
but she totally forgot that.

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He's, I need to go the bathroom
and so then she like it, she

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like smelled.
I was like, oh, oh, bastard.

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And she rushed me into the
bathroom and everybody loved and

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everybody's like, oh my
goodness.

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And I'm like thanks Mom, like it
was your job to me.

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You had one job.
Embarrass me because you had

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forgotten certain type of an
important emergency Thai

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language like Thai word majority
of time when you bring a child

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home from a different country
and their first language is

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their own native language, and
they have to learn English and

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English and Thai are two
different vocabularies two

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different like grammars and all
that stuff, too.

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So it was really hard to kind of
like you know, understand

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certain words because like let's
just say by the time that you're

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five-and-a-half to six years
old.

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You know around like maybe like
thousands couple thousands of

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words or a couple hundred 500 or
something of words.

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But me learn from from a
different language to an English

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I probably know like a couple
hundred.

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It like - like less than that of
the word that is written for,

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you know, people that was born
and raised in America.

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So it was like really tough for
me because I feel like

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vocabulary and like
understanding certain

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comprehension trying to talk and
trying to say something of what

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I have in my mind.
But I can't really explain it or

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like shorten it with certain
type of words out loud you know

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speaking it so it's like really
hard.

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And I had to go to had to be in
like LL class.

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I had to, like, do a lot of
like, you know, language classes

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and it was kind of really tough.
And my mom told me that I had so

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much like, not anger, but, like,
frustration kind of like, you

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know, had a lot of, like
annoyance and like, you know,

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this is tough when and she said
that I was like, kind of like

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crying because like, I didn't, I
want to understand.

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I want to learn what this means
and How to say this stuff and

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how I should say, right?
But it's so hard and like my mom

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saw that and she was a teacher,
as well.

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So it was good to have like, a
mom who was a teacher and she,

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we would like, go over different
like Spelling's different like,

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you know, comprehension and
grammar and vocabulary after

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squat home.
So that way, I can understand

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it, but it's so hard because,
you know, when I got home, I had

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to do that.
I like I just got done with

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school.
I have to do school home school

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again.
So that way like I know the Wage

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and it was just so frustrating.
Because, you know, I was see,

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kids outside, having fun, but I
have to be inside and learn this

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language and it was like really
hard because like, I was very

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fluent and smart in my native
language, but this is a whole

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different, you know, it's like
coming in a whole new world and

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I think that was like the
toughest part, you know.

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Yeah.
It harder to learn when it's not

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something that you inherently go
into and yeah, yeah.

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Whenever you want to speak,
Unless, you know, like, you

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know, how to say it and write a
there, they, you know, where to

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put the herbs in twos and
different like, you know, places

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and stuff like that.
And to be honest like I better

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now but sometimes it gets to me
and I would like, you know, put

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those in like different areas
and all that stuff.

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But like I think that's the only
hardest part Coming to America

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is like you know the different
type of learning cultures and

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different type of like language
and English, and specially math.

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I don't like math and That
stuff.

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So I really feel like it's all
different.

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Many different people have how
they were like taught were

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teaching and all that.
But for me, it's just like my

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mom's, like, you have like a
learning disability.

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I'm like, quote-unquote, what is
a learning disability?

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Because I was very fluent and
smart doing my Thai language is

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how I came to this language and
like I don't like the word

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learning disability because I
feel like that's just like

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that's kind of like limited of
like who you are as as a person

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and it's just like, no, I just
have my own way of thinking.

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I have my own ways of like
understanding comprehension and

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like if people can explain it a
little bit more, I would

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understand.
Because of the words, you know,

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back then, yeah, that is such a
good point.

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People learn in different ways
and when you're thrust into a

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completely different culture and
a different language and a

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slightly later points in life,
it's going to be more difficult.

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So totally understand that.
But aside from that, this is the

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It where I just want to profess
my love to your parents for a

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moment because they had to have
their own boys.

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One of which I understand is
autistic, right?

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And then what opted, holy smokes
I mean it's just like I just

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want to hug them.
So freaking hard right now.

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They do sound like the most
incredible human beings with

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very, very big hearts.
Oh my goodness, thank you so

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much.
Yes, my mom, James, Lester.

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And my dad, David sister.
And I have two older brothers.

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I'm the youngest of course.
Course my mom is such an amazing

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Mom Mother to have.
And to be honest, I'm very

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blessed and fortunate because
there's a lot of kids that I've

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did speaking with and like learn
their part of the story.

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It's not like they never got to
have the blessings that I have

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so I'm very blessed and I'm very
like you know just like I'm

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happy that I have the adoptive
family that treated me really.

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Well you know since today and
all that stuff and they've been

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there for me, not a lot of like
Kids have that and kind of sad

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because of, like the way how
they were growing up or raise

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and everyone's different.
So, my life would have been

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different if it was like, you
know, going to another home

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where it's like, not accepting
or like, kind of like

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uncomfortable now that so I'm
very happy and fortunate that I

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got to be raised in a really
nice neighborhood.

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I got to go to like a five-star
like all like highest rank in

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Oregon school and I got to have
the opportunities because if I

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didn't have those opportunities,
I wouldn't be calling.

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Yes Esther today.
No legs.

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No limits.
Anything is possible.

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So, I feel like, growing up or
putting yourself in the right

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category with other people that
also helps and builds you, that

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makes a village, you know, takes
a lot of people to make a

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village and create you and, you
know, and yourself, you create

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yourself.
I create myself but with good

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helping and people around my
life, I feel for me, it impacted

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me.
For the better and greater, you

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know, goods.
And that's my mom because she is

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such an amazing woman.
I know that her and I had our

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like, you know, times in the
past where like, we don't agree

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on a lot of things.
And we don't really, you know,

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it's hard to understand Mom,
sometimes.

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But the thing is, I loved her at
the end the day, but, you know,

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it's really hard, you know, like
having a racing a child of your

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own, who's from birth, that's
Static, you know, that's more of

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like I feel like also, you know,
mental I would say, you know,

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mental disability and adopting
somebody who is like having a

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physical disability, without any
legs and stuff like that, you

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know, having those two together
and like the three kids, and

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just doing a whole lot, just
like, it's a lot.

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She also works with a lot of
kids and stuff like that, and I

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don't know how she managed to
raise me, because I was

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stubborn.
I did not like any help.

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I got myself ever since I was
like, nah.

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I have my own perspective and I
like to do things my own way.

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Ever since I was little and so
it drives my mom nuts.

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She's like, oh my gosh, and I
remember my mom would tell me

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that, you know, you always like
just do things on your own

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without asking when you were
little.

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You just do it without even like
asking and I'm like, I did.

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I just like yeah.
And we thought that, you know,

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that's not good because you
should ask before you do

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something, when you're a kid.
And so, So I was like it makes

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sense but she's like, but you
always wanted to have your own

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way.
And my mom was also telling me

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that she had a friend and we
were going with her and some

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house have an episode where I
wanted my own way and like

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wanted to do my own things.
I think this has to deal with a

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lot of like, I know I'm
different but like there's

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certain things that I how I want
to do things and I don't like

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it.
Maybe when I was younger I had a

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lot of people do things for me,
the nurses and the doctors and

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everybody that light help.
Raise me probably did a lot for

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me, where I maybe took that as,
like as an advantage, when I was

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younger, and just like normally,
like, adopted be like, okay, I

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want to do this or maybe it's
just me, you know, we don't, we

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don't know.
But, like my mom and the nurses,

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and even the nurses told me, and
the doctors and my caseworker

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and my I called T and t0
grandmother.

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And grandfather told me I was
very, very difficult to handle

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Well, I'm sorry about that to
whether or not that was

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something that was in born and
you just had this like

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independent Spirit despite any
kind of limitations that, you

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know, physically that you may
have had you've almost over

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compensated for it with your
will and your desire and your

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curiosity.
I actually had the opportunity

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to interview gave Adams Wheatley
recently, and he was born

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without arms and legs and a
family of 11 kids, he was

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adopted into and part of his
upbringing that like there was

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no pity party for Him like they
had way too many other kids to

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deal with, and so it was like,
if you want to climb those

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stairs, you got to learn on your
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And so, they essentially helped
him find his independence, by

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teaching him that, but it sounds
like yours is quite different if

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you had that, and I think
everybody was trying to pull in

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the rain.
Actually, there's a video of

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VCR.
I know, right VCR tape of me,

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actually, the nurses video of me
climbing the stairs, climbing

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the shelves, climbing,
everything.

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They're like we didn't talk for
you that she learned that on her

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own.
And that's why I'm saying, I'm

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like, what do you mean a
learning?

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Disability, I obviously did that
all on my own because my common

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sense of my mind of, like, I
just put everything in technical

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terms of thinking, we're like,
it's common sense.

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I don't have any legs.
So what should I do with it?

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And this is how I should do
things because like you know who

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else is going to teach me,
everybody else has legs.

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And The thing is, when I look at
other people with lids, I don't

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think anything different.
I was just like cool.

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Whatever I'm like well this is
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So let me figure it out and kind
of like navigate my life on my

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own of physically going through
challenges.

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What I need to do, what do you
do when you don't have legs?

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Like, okay, I'm guessing I
should walk like this.

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I mean, this seems like, you
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Oh cool.
I can climb through this.

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Maybe I was very curious as a
kid.

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We're like, pretty sure I could
climb Up that and I was very

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smart, obviously, because I've
learned and taught myself all

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this just like skateboarding.
Like I taught my own trips

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without legs on my hands and I
see what tricks is comfortable

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and what I can and cannot do.
But I feel like there's always

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possibilities of like different
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I can do things same with like
many other sports that I have

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done, you know.
So like yeah, I feel like it's

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all about you.
It's not really about like you

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know, well my people that taught
me it's like At myself, you

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know, like a lot of stuff.
And it's funny because my mom

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says, I was independent.
But when I was younger, I cried

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when she left, like, I didn't
want to be alone, like I think

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that has to deal with some type
of like childhood situation.

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Where like, you know, people
coming bands and men's.

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Yeah, yeah.
And I think that's why I like

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and not just that, but she's but
a lot of people said that like,

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I didn't like men, like, when I
saw my dad, I just didn't want

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to be around him.
I was scared around him.

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Guess I didn't want to be around
him.

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I was just like he has that like
masculine energy.

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And I think the reason is
because most of the people that

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raised me were women, so I don't
know.

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I learned to like, you know,
except my dad threw out like it

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was more time for me to really
be comfortable around my dad

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than my mother.
And I think like I had most of

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like motherly feel around me and
men.

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So I think that's my but it's
weird because Was my caseworker

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says, I always work with
doctors.

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I would go to the nursery and
prepare mothers for their birth

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or be in like being the first
like, you know, the birth area,

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and kind of like, watch the men
doctors do their thing.

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But if they messed up, I'll be
like, no, no, that's not how you

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do it.
That's what they told me that I

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do is, I would be like watching
them and see how they're doing

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with procedures and like, make
sure only judging them.

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Yeah.
All the woman that's about to

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get birthday.
Said I was like an angel to them

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to like welcome, like kind of
like Comfort them, I guess.

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Hmm, I don't remember that.
But that's what my caseworker

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is.
The nurses told me in Thai.

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Yeah, so it seems like your
curiosity and your desire to,

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you know, do these different
things.

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Like all of a sudden, escalated
into almost like this adrenaline

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rush for you, where it's like,
you just wanted to try anything

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and it's nice that you
apparently seems to be okay with

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it after a period of time, they
might Have been like oh she's so

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defiant but let's let her be let
her do her thing so you know you

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got into everything from surfing
to Mono, skiing wheelchair

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rugby, basketball hiking
swimming.

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I mean the list just goes on its
mind boggling I don't think I've

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tried half of these things that
you tried like what do you think

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it was that made?
You want to be exploring all of

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these different kinds of sports?
Yeah.

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So I one day, I was like an
elementary schooler or like like

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sixth grade or something.
Or middle school.

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I was like, Mom, I want to do
something like I want to do

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Sports.
I want to like, be a part of

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something, because I was very
extroverted.

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So growing up, you know, I had a
lot of friends, I was popular, a

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lot of people really want to
know me of who I am and like

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want to be my friends and all
that.

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And also my mom created a
playground for people with

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disabilities because she saw me
going up the hill on a bark.

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Dust to go play with my friends.
Be like that.

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Seems kind of like a lot of hard
work and there's like other kids

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in wheelchairs that like rarely
to go up there and so she's

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like, you know what, I'm going
to raise money with the city

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community of Tualatin to build a
playground to play Grounds, one

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of each side of the areas and
kind of like everybody play

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wherever they want to play.
So that was like wow that was

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crazy.
I have a picture of me, cutting

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the ribbon on the newspaper of
that like, opening up the

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playground in my elementary
school.

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And I think like a lot of kids
up Are you know, where you grow

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up?
Really defines, who you are too

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because where I grew up.
It's like everybody was so cool.

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Like I mean like I never I
wasn't bullied or anything like

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that.
I was never bullied.

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I had a lot of kids like be
curious and when I come into

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confrontations with kids, that's
like staring at me or they're

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like why don't you have any
legs?

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I don't like judge on The
People's.

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You know how they talk.
They're like how they're curious

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because everyone's different No,
they grew up probably never seen

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somebody like this before.
So I was like, oh, I was born

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this way, but I do this and do
that and like that's why

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probably I became friends, a lot
of people because like, wow,

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like he's so cool and, you know,
engagement to conversation and

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like there are going to be rude.
People were like, well then how

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do you do that?
Well, I don't understand.

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And then they're trying to get
understand it.

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And I don't judge them because
I'm like, well, let me just

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like, you know, show you and
just I still live my life and

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just like, give them a happy
positive thoughts.

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A smile and like that.
And then they come around.

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Be like, wow, you know what?
I was really rude earlier, but

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like I thought that's really
cool how like, you open my eyes

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and mine site of that.
It's like.

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Yeah.
And I like, yeah, come in, like

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join in stuff like that, you
know?

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So I always like include people
instead of like excluding people

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just because they have a
different mindset than me, they

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have a different growing up
situation to me.

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So I always liked think about
that.

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I think about putting myself in
other people's situation.

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So that's how I make friends.
And also I'm just very

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extraverted and maybe because of
my appearance, may be a, my

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personality my personality,
definitely engage into like an

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attraction for a lot of people
female and male, you know,

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perspective and stuff like that.
So I feel like now's will has to

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do with a lot of how I am as a
person starts off with you

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pretty much.
I love myself unconditionally

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ever since day one.
I liked was, you know, born so I

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don't think I had a problem with
like, you know, with all that.

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So I think that's Probably
helped a lot with my socializing

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and school.
And I had my first crush and

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first grade and like we just,
you know, my first kiss was

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first grade to the sky Peter
that that I found out that was

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wrong to do in first grade.
But during Teachers Conference

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or like parents conference that
him, it was so embarrassing.

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My-my parents and his parents
had to sit down.

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Be like telling us that we can't
kiss at the playgrounds.

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It was really embarrassing but
they laugh.

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Afterwards.
So I'm like, hmm.

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Okay, Moving on.
But that's how like, you know,

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my personality, my
characteristics and how active I

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am kind of like, interests me
and doing things like, sports,

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and being very active.
And me, engaging in people's

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like, Life Storage like hi -
Esther, what's your sign?

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What's your name?
Like, I'm just up there.

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You know, so I'd my mom's like
yeah, it's going to sports

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because I had all these energy.
I always liked woke up at

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O'clock, six o'clock in the
morning, go outside.

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Play outsides tell, it's like
too late.

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So I'm down and I would sneak
out my dad said, but they would

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always hear my wheelchair, you
know, sticking out work and also

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the window.
It creeps with the my dad told

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me that like, you know, you
always had so much energy that

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you want to be outside all the
time.

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You don't have any break, you
want to play foot cat, like

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capture the flag football tennis
and like you just want to be

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outside.
Like?

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Yeah.
Because I don't like TV.

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I never Watch TV when I was a
kid.

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So I rarely watch TV probably
the only time I watch TV was

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like, when like my friends, you
know, but mostly I was just out

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skateboarding.
That's how I found.

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Skateboarding was age, nine
years old, and I was just

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hanging out like my friend Leah.
And she had a skateboard, and I

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want to try it.
And I wrote on it, and I loved

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it ever since.
So, my mom got me a skateboard

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and I just wrote like went to
the skate park and Talton skate

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parks.
And that's how I found surfing

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as well.
So the connections that I have

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Ym of sports as well.
Kind of got me into all these

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Sports and my mom went to
Shriner's Hospital.

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That's where I got like, you
know, surgery on my hands

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because I used to be born with a
wet finger right here, and they

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had to cut it.
So I can wear gloves.

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And then I have three fingers
here, but I used to have a

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fourth finger here that was
connected and they had to

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surgery like surgically remove
that.

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But Shriner's Hospital also have
a connection with Oregon

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adaptive Sports.
So that's how we found sports

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for Track wheelchair.
Basketball and just Get

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connected into adaptive
community and all sports.

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And once you find that you find
other people be like, oh you

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should try this, you should do
this.

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And it's so cool to be in that
Community because we all help

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each other.
We all like, show people, people

445
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with other disabilities can join
two and become a paralympian

446
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,700
athlete.
Like, I was right?

447
00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:18,500
Right.
Gosh.

448
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:21,000
Well, I was going to say like it
seemed like you were an

449
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,600
adrenaline junkie but you're
really an endorphin junkie, I

450
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,400
think.
And so if I think about kids

451
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,500
these days that don't get enough
exercise, As you know, they're

452
00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,800
sitting in their video games and
there brooding and watching

453
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,700
Netflix all day.
It's like, no wonder.

454
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,200
They're so sad.
It's like, you know, get outside

455
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,400
and do something and your
endorphins will take over and

456
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,400
you might actually really like
things.

457
00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:44,700
Like, hey, I didn't have an
iPhone or an iPad back then, you

458
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:46,400
know, and I wasn't really like
interested.

459
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,900
I'm just sitting and watching
something all day so boring to

460
00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:52,200
me.
Felt like being outside is like

461
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,100
so much fun especially when you
have bility and like the

462
00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:59,000
opportunity to with like, you
know, a big Big, you know again

463
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,400
girl, like where you grow up,
really does affect your

464
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,600
lifestyle.
I grew up in a house, really

465
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,000
nice house.
And like we have a big backyard

466
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,400
where I can have my own
playground, we have our own

467
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,800
playground and like enough.
A big backyard where like, my

468
00:25:11,808 --> 00:25:15,200
mom can plant like be a farmer
and all that stuff, and we have

469
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,300
a tree house.
So it's like, again, I'm blessed

470
00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:22,700
to have that lifestyle like,
that was like there and like,

471
00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:26,200
it's so cool and like, that's
why I like, you know, I never, I

472
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,900
tried to like, okay, you know
what?

473
00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:33,000
And I had this life and like,
never try to kind of, I never

474
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,800
try to think about lifeless like
something that like be limited

475
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,800
and like even if things don't
work out, just know that there's

476
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,100
other outcomes in life.
Yeah, that's absolutely true.

477
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,700
And so I'm curious about what
your thoughts are on inclusion

478
00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:51,800
and diversity within Sports in
particular, but also because

479
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,800
you've become a model.
And so you have a real point of

480
00:25:54,808 --> 00:25:56,900
view on the beauty industry as
well.

481
00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:00,900
I do Yes, so actually, I was
even thinking about being a

482
00:26:00,908 --> 00:26:06,100
model, I was like an athlete.
I was like in high school.

483
00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:10,200
I was actually acquire in middle
school and middle school and

484
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,200
high school was in choir.
I was doing cheerleading but not

485
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,800
a whole lot because I'm like,
this is so boring to me.

486
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,400
I was a cheerleader and then I
became more like, you know,

487
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,000
doing sports like filter track.
So, I raced against a lot of

488
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,800
like, big names and I was
classification of a t53.

489
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,400
And an IPC transfer me to a t54
because of like my disability.

490
00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,400
And so I got to race in both, I
guess.

491
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,300
But I got to go to Switzerland
for the World Cup and I got

492
00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:42,700
first place in the 100. 200 400
800 meters.

493
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,600
We got second place in the 4x4
woman's relay.

494
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,100
I got first place in the 5K,
second place in the 3K and I

495
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:52,600
don't like long distance so it
takes forever.

496
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,200
I don't like it.
I'm more of a spinner.

497
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,000
So I was just like, wow.
I'm like an athlete.

498
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000
So yeah, I'm gonna An athlete.
It's funny.

499
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,100
Because when my mom before my
mom adopted me, she loves Jesus

500
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:07,200
and God, and so, do I.
But like, she, she had a woman

501
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,600
that came out to her and was
like, your daughter that you're

502
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,700
going to like, have she's going
to have a beautiful voice.

503
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,200
I'm like, you know, I'm not a
singer.

504
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:19,400
Like, I don't know what she
means by beautiful voice, but

505
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,500
like, maybe she means I have a
big spoken out, loud voice,

506
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,200
because I am a speaker.
So maybe that's what she meant

507
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,300
and all that stuff.
But I'm like, no, I was born to

508
00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:28,400
be an actress.
D.

509
00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:33,800
So I found my calling.
Thank you but like it came out

510
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,400
differently than that.
So I'm so happy that like you

511
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,400
know, I got to have my amazing
time of trying to qualify for

512
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,700
the 2012 Paralympics.
I was one second off of, you

513
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:51,000
know, I was one second off the
100 meters and I did make it or

514
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,800
qualified, but a lot of people
didn't at that time, to be

515
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,900
honest.
So, I'm like, oh, well, the only

516
00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:00,300
like, you know, like So it makes
sense but I had fun but I

517
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:04,700
retired from track and all that
stuff but that's how I got into

518
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:08,800
modeling as well.
I think my sports got me into

519
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,500
modeling I had somebody come up
to me and they're like you would

520
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:18,100
be a really good model.
I'm like oh thanks really Oregon

521
00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:22,400
Dream Factory ask me what three
wishes I wanted first.

522
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,600
Wish I wanted was actually a car
with 16 and I had my permit at

523
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,000
the time.
Like I was like, I want a cart

524
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:34,700
and basically figure out another
dream like I'm like, okay, I

525
00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:36,400
want to get a whole waii.
I don't know.

526
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:41,800
Like, I don't know, like out but
they're like, okay, what's your

527
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,900
third dream?
I was like, I don't know, maybe

528
00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:47,300
be a model because like this
person thinks like I could be a

529
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:51,600
model and so they like, okay, so
they kind of like got a

530
00:28:51,608 --> 00:28:56,100
photographer which is James
photography and they got me a

531
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:59,800
makeup artist and they just it's
like pretty much did this whole

532
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,300
collaboration of having
everybody together and do my

533
00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,400
makeup and pictures and stuff
in.

534
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,800
And I think that's how I start
modeling because of Dream

535
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,600
Factory of Oregon because of my
wish but I was like that was my

536
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,200
wish I could have just done that
later on him.

537
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,200
You know why it happens for a
reason.

538
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:23,800
I made that wish back then for a
reason and it put me here today.

539
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,900
So I guess like it all worked
out.

540
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,100
I felt like my wish back then if
I That known was like, oh I want

541
00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:35,100
to like start a big film of but
modeling actually connected me

542
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,600
in acting.
So yeah, my mom and dad during

543
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,000
the Summers like I didn't have a
normal summer like everybody

544
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,700
else.
Well, I kind of felt like I was

545
00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,400
traveling for sports all the
time.

546
00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,600
I was traveling for track all
the time but also I was also

547
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:51,600
going to school.
Yeah.

548
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,800
I was going to summer school and
Christian summer camp.

549
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,600
And it's cool because my mom No.
Put me in these like communities

550
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,800
and activities for me and my
brothers to do.

551
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,600
But for me, my mom, besides
going to Christian summer camp

552
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,400
with my older brother hers and
our church.

553
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,600
And all that was really fine
with the whole week long.

554
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:14,200
It was like, you know, it was
fine and all that but he put me

555
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,100
in a musical and acting class
like acting school.

556
00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:23,200
So I went to school during the
Summers for film and acting.

557
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,500
And I got to be my first
independent film I guess when I

558
00:30:26,508 --> 00:30:28,700
was like in high school, A
middle school.

559
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,800
So I've learned a lot, you know,
through theater and stuff like

560
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,900
that, which is great because
like, I always loved it and

561
00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:38,400
stuff like that, and I feel like
that was like so fun because it

562
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,300
was acted, like, acting and
active and all that stuff.

563
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,300
I don't see, but like, I did my
best on that.

564
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,900
So, yeah, my mom got me into
wheelchair, basketball as well

565
00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:50,300
every weekend.
It's like training seven days a

566
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:52,600
week.
I would go to Seattle Washington

567
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,300
to do wheelchair basketball, but
the sonics basketball team.

568
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,700
And then on the weekdays, I
would train for track.

569
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:00,500
Act and train for the
Paralympics and all that stuff.

570
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:03,200
So I was going to school waking
up, going to school, come back,

571
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,400
do my homework and then I would
have track practice or training

572
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,400
and all that stuff.
And then it's all over again

573
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,900
until the weekend.
And then I go train her

574
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:14,800
wheelchair basketball.
It was funny because I was very

575
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,600
active and stuff like that.
So, that's how I got into sports

576
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,400
and that's also how I got into
modeling because of the, you

577
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,800
know, Oregon Dream Factory.
And I just love my body because

578
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,500
of how active.
I And I was like super in shape.

579
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:33,600
So I was always taking selfie in
myself and just like posing in

580
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,300
front of the mirror.
My mom said I did that ever

581
00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:38,600
since I was a kid, like look at
myself in the mirror and maybe I

582
00:31:38,608 --> 00:31:41,100
should see I love myself ever
since day one.

583
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:44,000
So and I would just take random
pictures selfie.

584
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:47,500
I created the selfie of like
taking pictures of myself and I

585
00:31:47,508 --> 00:31:50,700
would print it and like put
myself on the wall and and then

586
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,400
that's just how I start modeling
was.

587
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:56,500
You know, and I love my bikinis
and swimsuits because I don't

588
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:59,900
care showing off my body.
ADI, I'm not shame of like

589
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:03,200
having no legs doesn't mean I
need be ashamed of like my body

590
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,500
and there are going to be
critics, I'm saying, well

591
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:10,300
because you have a nice body and
like of course you wouldn't be

592
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:13,300
ashamed of it.
And I was just like, listen, I

593
00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:16,500
love my body.
I don't like even if I wasn't

594
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,800
you know physically in shape and
stuff like that, I still love

595
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,900
myself and then you know there's
going to be that negative people

596
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:25,600
but I always blocked those
people out because they're just

597
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,600
want to have reason to put Other
people down who loves

598
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,100
themselves.
So I'm like you do.

599
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:37,500
I'm gonna do me over here
because I have something to do

600
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:38,600
that.
I'm getting in life.

601
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,600
Absolutely.
And I think that it's so

602
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,100
wonderful because you are truly
that embodiment of

603
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:49,200
representation and what it means
to love yourself and to have

604
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,700
that incredible self-esteem and
then look how its manifesting

605
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:56,400
out into the world and all of
the joy that you're getting from

606
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,700
all of your activities.
And all the things that you're

607
00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,800
doing in so many people that
you're inspiring.

608
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:05,700
This is what it's all about.
Another work with Abercrombie

609
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:16,200
and Fitch is like the company's
situation and then now they're

610
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,500
like doing you know, inclusivity
and all that.

611
00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:21,500
And I think that's really cool
and then if you think about it,

612
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:24,100
like I got to work with Sweaty
Betty like Sweaty Betty.

613
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:27,400
It's like a big company from
like, you know, UK and all that

614
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,600
I got away.
With like, oh my gosh, I got to

615
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,100
work with so many.
I got to work with like so many

616
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:34,000
other like big Brands and
coming.

617
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,600
Oh yeah, tomboy acts.
And like, I don't know.

618
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,100
I've done so many that I'm like
wow, okay like see what's meant

619
00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:45,900
for you is my for you block out
what other people doesn't what

620
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:49,200
they don't see in you and you
know put that negativity onto a

621
00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:51,700
side.
I don't like to look at - I like

622
00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:54,900
to just like okay thank you but
no thanks.

623
00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:57,700
You're killing my vibe.
I'm going to go to my vibe.

624
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:02,400
Of what manifests me that's why
now that I'm like 29 turning 30,

625
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,600
I know what I want in life, who
I want to life, who benefits me

626
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,100
in life and who doesn't benefit
me in life.

627
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,100
So true.
And I think that the issue with

628
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:15,699
a lot of people's woes is that
they care too much about what

629
00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:19,000
other people think of them.
And so the wonderful thing to do

630
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,500
is you've got those healthy
boundaries where you're like, I

631
00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:23,300
don't really care if you like me
or not.

632
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,300
I like me and that's really all
that matters and it really is

633
00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:31,100
just Such an energy zap to waste
your time, worrying, about what

634
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:33,300
other people think and you're
spending all of your energy

635
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:35,800
doing and being and living and
loving.

636
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,000
So yeah.
Bottle, what you got girl, that

637
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:46,900
would be it, we have a long ways
to go because even though we are

638
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,400
putting inclusivity out there, I
feel like there's still like

639
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,900
companies and people that say
that they're inclusive but

640
00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:57,700
they're also limiting who's
should be in in, you know.

641
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,100
No, in part of it, and that's
not inclusive.

642
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:03,200
You're not being exclusive.
If you're limiting.

643
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:07,000
All the other wonderful unique,
disability, people out there and

644
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,700
you're closing door, who can
come in and who cannot come in.

645
00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:14,000
I just feel like that's still
happening right now, and that's

646
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,300
like a issue even in sports,
even in film, even in like

647
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:23,300
modeling, like I just feel like
they put up his face because

648
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:27,700
it's a whole new generation and
whole new business type of

649
00:35:27,900 --> 00:35:31,300
Nowhere, like everybody's like,
oh inclusive, you know, and

650
00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:34,200
everything like that.
But then when you look into it

651
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,000
and hold deeper perspective,
it's like yeah, we're totally

652
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,100
inclusive.
Yeah, but like they have a whole

653
00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:44,900
different path that they want to
go through rather than like, you

654
00:35:44,908 --> 00:35:47,400
know, they listen.
But they, it's like they don't,

655
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,200
they don't do the action, they
don't walk the talk, and it's

656
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,200
like, there's just showing
something that, like, you know,

657
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,700
they said that they, they want
to help in like, you know, being

658
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,400
Inclusive and all that but I
just feel like we're still

659
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,900
limiting certain type of people
that, you know, it's wonderful

660
00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:07,500
out there and it's more than
just someone in a wheelchair.

661
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:10,600
It's more than just somebody
wearing Prosthetics, it's more

662
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,800
than just somebody wearing like
someone that's like, you know

663
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:16,500
different.
It's more than that, there's a

664
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:20,400
whole more out there.
But the thing is having other

665
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,100
people, you know, whoever they
are.

666
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,500
We're doing it little by little
and a little bit, goes a long,

667
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,500
the way.
And that's what I'm really

668
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,300
Positive side of it is that like
they're finally you know getting

669
00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:35,300
people in inclusion and stuff
like that but we still have a

670
00:36:35,308 --> 00:36:37,500
lot of space to go.
To be honest, we're just tired

671
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,100
of able-bodied.
People telling disability people

672
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,300
what they should and shouldn't
do especially in a skateboard.

673
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,200
You know, industry, we want to
have skateboarding in the

674
00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:48,700
Olympics.
I mean paralympic skateboarding

675
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:52,200
is already in the Olympics but
like skate, adaptive skate in

676
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,900
the penguin face, we already in
the Dew Tour.

677
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,600
We're already in the X Games.
I got second place.

678
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,300
Base this year, the dude tour
for woman Street, skateboarding

679
00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,900
and stuff like that.
So I feel like, let's get it to

680
00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:07,500
the Paralympics.
Yeah, yeah, your lips to God's

681
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:10,800
ears, girl.
I love that.

682
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,300
And, you know, it's so true,
because I think that a lot of

683
00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,500
companies they use it as a
marketing tool, they use it as

684
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:19,300
just something, that's really
fun facing a look at how good we

685
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:20,700
are.
And then if you pull back the

686
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,200
layers, you see in the company
they don't necessarily have

687
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,500
diverse boards or there's a lot
of, you know, cisgender white

688
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,800
males up at the top of the And
not even very many women, let

689
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,900
alone talking about the
abilities or neurodivergent, see

690
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:36,000
or what have you.
And so, you know, that's one of

691
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,900
the reasons why I feel like it's
so important for me to even do

692
00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:41,300
this podcast because yes I'm a
business owner.

693
00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:45,500
I do live by inclusivity but I
don't think that people would

694
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:48,400
necessarily believe that if I
just had a brand that showed

695
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,000
people in wheelchairs or whatnot
and I mean granted, you know,

696
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,800
doing the podcast is just one
small way of being able to

697
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,100
invite people to the table to
have Verse ations like this and

698
00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:02,200
so much more does need to be
done and we will get there.

699
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:06,400
I mean, I think that little by
little step by step putting in

700
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,100
the Paralympics.
Yes.

701
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,300
But you know what?
I really see somebody like

702
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,300
myself.
I'm Asian American.

703
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,200
Like I'm Asian.
There's like barely any Asian

704
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,200
like I seen like a lot of
disabilities but like I rarely

705
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,700
see much Asian American or Asian
authentic we, you know, born and

706
00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:27,200
raised in Thailand like doing
this stuff.

707
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,700
So, Like hello.
Let's like have something new

708
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:36,200
and let's like, get going for it
because like how cool and ride

709
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,800
to kind of like have somebody
who's Asian-American

710
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:44,600
skateboarder, but also like, you
know, skating and without legs.

711
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,500
Like, that's so cool.
Like, she's all different, like,

712
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,600
but like sometimes I just feel
like, companies aren't just not

713
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,500
ready for certain things.
And it's kind of like, what's

714
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,100
the most important of what we
need to be on the Board.

715
00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:00,900
But like we're not ready for
whole this yet.

716
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:02,800
Like then when are you ever
going to be ready?

717
00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:06,800
Yeah.
Yeah, it's a I think that people

718
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,600
will start getting the message
is very, very soon.

719
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,200
Yes, for sure.
But now I'm curious because now

720
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,300
that you're in a motivational
speaker and you are starting to

721
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:20,100
get your story out, so the world
like how has the reaction been

722
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:24,300
have you had any good stories
about people being converts or,

723
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,900
you know, things that people
have sent you as far as messages

724
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:29,500
back of?
You know, thank yous and things

725
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:31,200
like that.
You know, there's always gonna

726
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,700
be haters and I feel like it's
not you, it's them.

727
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,100
Yeah, there's a lot of like
sexual like very disrespectful

728
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:43,100
behaviors, like, would you tap
that or like would you hit that

729
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,700
and stuff like that?
And like I just ignore that but

730
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:49,100
everybody gets a all the time
but it's just kind of like gross

731
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:53,200
to be honest.
And I think also with groups of

732
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:58,400
people that are in you know that
amputee type of World or

733
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,500
disabilities have a world where
it's like, it's like sexualized

734
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:06,400
in a very negative way.
It's kind of like, like cringy

735
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,700
to me, to be honest.
I had someone a long time ago,

736
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,300
was just like I posted a really
sexy photo of me in lingerie

737
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,100
because like I did a thing for
People magazine and I was like,

738
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:18,700
oh my God, I'm gonna be in
People magazine and this back in

739
00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:22,700
2015, and I posted on my
Instagram and then, I delete, I

740
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:25,900
think I do leave the comment.
But what's this like girl?

741
00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,800
And like I feel sorry for her.
Like who the heck race you?

742
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,200
But she liked commented on one
of my pictures and she's like,

743
00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:35,500
this is one of the reasons why
our world is dying out because

744
00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:39,300
people like you you should just
go kill yourself and then I had

745
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:42,800
so many people that was like,
for me and be like I'm you

746
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,700
should never tell people to kill
yourself.

747
00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:47,300
I'm like and then I message back
and I was just like, hey, you

748
00:40:47,300 --> 00:40:50,900
know what, I'm so you nothing
but good vibes and I hope that

749
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,400
your day gets better.
And I'm just sitting you a lot

750
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,600
of love and that's it.
I don't have time for people

751
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,000
that just like Has such a
Negative to the world, sorry.

752
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:04,500
But like, there's always going
to be like negative things in

753
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,400
life and all that stuff, but I
just like, I don't be always

754
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,400
like rainbows and sunshine, of
course not.

755
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,900
We, you know, we have our
moments for human at.

756
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,500
We are human at times, all that
stuff, but like I'm not really

757
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:19,400
attracted to negativity.
So for that say, is that like

758
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,800
when there are people that tries
to, you know, they have Jags on

759
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,900
them and they try to like, you
know, put some Jags on me and

760
00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,000
stuff like that.
Always clear myself.

761
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,600
I'm like, here have a hug.
Oh, my gosh.

762
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,000
And it just scares them because
like, why aren't you mad that I

763
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,600
told you this.
Why aren't you upset?

764
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:41,500
Because nobody got time for
people but it's but nobody got

765
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:44,200
time for you.
At the moment you need to clear

766
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:49,500
some jazz and then we'll talk.
I think it's just funny to be

767
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,500
honest, I just smile just smile
passing along and I feel

768
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:57,500
everybody's having their moment.
Everyone is living their life.

769
00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:00,000
You know, differently.
Everyone's story is different,

770
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,300
everyone.
You know, they might have a bad

771
00:42:02,300 --> 00:42:05,000
day, they probably don't like
themselves because what happened

772
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,600
all that stuff.
That's what they need to work

773
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,000
on.
But I don't put fire with fire

774
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,300
because like, it's just, it's
rude.

775
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,700
Like I don't want to give them
back.

776
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,600
What they give me.
No, I'm going to give you a lot

777
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,900
of love and love and a lot of
positivity and not a lot of

778
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:22,900
people with disability can have
a voice like that because, you

779
00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:26,100
know, a lot of like, my friends
that are disabled and they cry

780
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:30,300
because comments, I'm all You
really like eat this up, that's

781
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:34,200
what they want energies like
this, they like vulnerability

782
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,600
and they like to feel like you
know they want to see you cry.

783
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,500
They want you to like video
yourself crying about this

784
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:43,600
comments.
Like dude.

785
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,900
That's not you.
That's them, you know.

786
00:42:45,900 --> 00:42:49,500
And so it's like I don't have
time for anything like that.

787
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:53,400
So I just, you know what I do.
I just keep succeeding my life

788
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,000
and my own be happy because
that's what they hate the most.

789
00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:00,900
So, So by don't really have a
whole lot of haters anymore like

790
00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:02,200
I think?
Yeah.

791
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:07,300
So I think like down the road I
think in my early like 20s and

792
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:10,400
stuff like that, it's more of
drama like that.

793
00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:14,600
But like I don't feed it so I
guess it died out at like, when

794
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:19,400
I got older also, it's just me.
Well, I want to talk about

795
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,200
lingerie for a moment because
yay, for you.

796
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,400
Number one, being Asian
American.

797
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,100
I know have a fetish goes and so
it's almost like a Matter what

798
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:31,600
you do, somebody's going to try
to sexualize something but that

799
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,800
I love, love, love, love that
you were, you know, there's no

800
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:39,200
shame, there's a ready.
It's beautiful, it's that it's

801
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:43,300
lovely, and you are proud of it,
and there is nothing wrong with

802
00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:47,100
that at all.
And I love your lingerie shots,

803
00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:51,100
like, beautiful.
I think that they are very

804
00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:53,900
tasteful.
And so, yeah, I have nothing but

805
00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:56,500
love and appreciation and
admiration for all.

806
00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:59,300
Thank you.
Confident enough in yourself and

807
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:03,800
your body to be able to express
your sexuality and, you know,

808
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,000
your Divine way.
That's all I remember.

809
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:10,100
Yeah, I remember back 2015, I
had an interview with many

810
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:12,200
different interviews and they're
like, so, you did launch your

811
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,400
rig, like, they kind of comment
it, like, it was like a sexual

812
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,000
thing, you know?
Like, so buddy to if this, like

813
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,900
lingerie, like, you were, you
didn't want your a, when you

814
00:44:20,900 --> 00:44:25,200
were like 17 or 18.
I'm all like, no, I just posed,

815
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,500
like, with my swimsuit or like,
you know.

816
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:31,300
Just like I know like, you know,
I just love my body and myself,

817
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:34,600
it doesn't mean I'm sexualizing
myself doesn't mean that if I

818
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,900
wore a crop top and like a short
shorts because you only think

819
00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:40,600
that I can wear.
It are short shorts and maybe I

820
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:44,800
was feeling sexy with my body
and myself with a crop top going

821
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,300
outside.
Do you think that like I'm

822
00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:49,200
trying to attract attention of
like sexuality?

823
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:53,900
No, I do it because it's so nice
outside.

824
00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:57,500
It's sunny this outfit looks
cute by the way.

825
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,700
Way, we didn't have closed a
long time ago, we were all

826
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,100
actually naked.
And, you know, it's just funny

827
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:06,400
to me that like, you know, I
don't wear bras, I do my brows,

828
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,600
like, I'm not wearing brown
right now and like em.

829
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:14,500
Girl, same are like crop tops
t-shirts or his shirts in

830
00:45:14,500 --> 00:45:19,000
general just like loose shirts.
Some parts of my like you know,

831
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,800
like see like I'm not wearing a
bra sometimes but it's not

832
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,300
actual shown.
It's just like, okay, whatever

833
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:27,100
it's not like oh my gosh, you
know, it was just like whatever

834
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:31,000
like Right now, you know and
it's like a problem to some

835
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,900
people were like you should like
we're wrong.

836
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:39,400
Like they look at me like no
we're in La, we're in l.a. like

837
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:47,900
you know and so happy free.
It's like you know, just because

838
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:51,000
we wear certain type of clothing
does not mean that we're trying

839
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:55,400
to show off some type of like
promiscuous or like some type of

840
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,200
perogative or or sexual.
Well, and like, look at me, you

841
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,600
know, it's like, no, it's like
comfortable in this, like, you

842
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,600
know, I'm not stuffing
Everything In.

843
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,800
It's like I'm comfortable in
this and I feel good.

844
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,200
I love my body, my gosh, like,
you know, and nothing wrong with

845
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,900
being sexy, I mean.
Yeah.

846
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,700
And I'm like why are you guys
making a whole big like

847
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:18,700
interview?
The fact that I do want to re

848
00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:21,500
when you see all these other
instagrammers and people

849
00:46:21,500 --> 00:46:25,000
literally like posing to with
their bikinis and stuff like

850
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,800
that.
Like is it because I don't have

851
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,800
legs like I feel like it's like
subconsciously to them is a

852
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,900
shock because I don't have legs.
They don't say it.

853
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,500
But you can tell by the way how
they talk to me and interviews.

854
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:43,200
Like you know, if you compare
what's going on Instagram and

855
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,900
like Facebook or like any social
media of how other people, you

856
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:50,800
know, in the mild eyes are like
that Jamaica or Bahamas.

857
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,500
And they're like posing but if I
pose and stuff like that it's

858
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,800
like different.
Like because I don't have legs

859
00:46:56,700 --> 00:47:00,100
but I love my My body.
I feel like, you know, balance

860
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:02,800
is good and health.
I'm not healthy all the time.

861
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,600
To be honest.
Like I like, you know, a little

862
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,700
like soda, not like everyday but
like, you know, once know, like

863
00:47:08,700 --> 00:47:12,100
not like once a while or like
dairy free ice cream, you know?

864
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:15,400
But I also love salad.
I also love cooking for myself

865
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,500
like chicken and stuff.
So balance is good.

866
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,400
You read your body of like what
you shouldn't shouldn't have.

867
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,500
Like, you know, I went to the
doctor, got my typos, I'm a type

868
00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:29,100
O positive so I see what my
blood If you want, since I cool,

869
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:33,200
I already facing me my blood
type but also it's not just your

870
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,200
blood type.
But it's also what your body can

871
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:39,400
process read your body, what you
can and can't have and like live

872
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,300
your life.
It doesn't always have to be so

873
00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:43,800
strict all the time.
It's like, I love healthy but

874
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,400
some healthy stuff tastes like
garbage, no offense.

875
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:52,300
But this one is and pleasures of
life is being able to enjoy food

876
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,700
and exactly food.
I love Asian food.

877
00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:57,400
I don't care about has a lot of
light.

878
00:47:57,500 --> 00:48:01,000
MSG like noticing.
I don't really know but

879
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,500
seriously Thai food sent from
God.

880
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:11,800
Korean food also sent from God,
so actually I read your body

881
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:15,000
what's new and what's healthy?
Love your body, you know, stay

882
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,500
active and also have a balance
of flag, self care for yourself

883
00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:20,700
and mental health is very
important.

884
00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:24,600
So I feel like, you know, when
it's strict on to just run one

885
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:27,400
road streets, kind of boring.
But if it you have all different

886
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,500
Type of streets a balancing it's
like yeah.

887
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,500
Whatever works for you.
I'm not judging.

888
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,200
What's up, girl?
So what is coming next for you?

889
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,300
Do you have any movies coming
up, anything fun?

890
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:44,000
Yeah, it is, I I'm in the movie
it's short but like, I'm in a

891
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:49,100
like, a 1880s like, dungeon with
like some of the freak Show cast

892
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:52,900
member in the movie Babylon.
That would be out December 25th.

893
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,300
And I do a short thing in there
and Tobey Maguire.

894
00:48:56,300 --> 00:48:59,600
I got to meet Toby.
Wire the Spider-Man, and he

895
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,900
looks very like so young, even
though he's like, in his 40s,

896
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,600
he's actually your age.
He's right?

897
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,000
I'm actually 52.
Now, you are 40.

898
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:29,100
Something.
I was younger, I would use to

899
00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:31,300
watch Young and Reckless, Rob
Dyrdek.

900
00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:35,700
You know, it's Fantasy Factory.
And then years later, I'm a part

901
00:49:35,700 --> 00:49:38,800
with them.
I get to party with them and I

902
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:43,100
got invited to the prom and
stuff like the prom parties and

903
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:46,200
I got to be in the Young and
Reckless Chris crops like

904
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:49,800
podcasts back in 2015.
He did a segment on me and he

905
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,500
did a whole big party with me
and all that stuff.

906
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:56,500
I'm like, oh my gosh, I saw you
on TV when I was a kid and now

907
00:49:56,500 --> 00:50:00,300
I'm like your friend And and
like Chanel West Coast, I got to

908
00:50:00,308 --> 00:50:03,600
hang out with her and like I had
so much fun with them and then

909
00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:07,800
I'm not just that but like I get
to meet all these amazing people

910
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,900
and people that like has success
and like do what they love doing

911
00:50:11,900 --> 00:50:13,400
in life.
And that's the type of people

912
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,200
that I want to surround myself
with.

913
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,900
I don't want to surround myself
with people that are like,

914
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,500
pulling me down.
I want to surround myself with

915
00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:24,600
like, mentors coach it people
that like, you know, have other

916
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,700
success as well and just connect
with them.

917
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:30,200
And it's Great that I have this
lifestyle and I'm so happy that

918
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,900
like, to be honest, I was found
on the side of the road and got

919
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:38,300
to be adopted through Holt
through amazing family, and this

920
00:50:38,300 --> 00:50:40,100
is the lifestyle that I have
now.

921
00:50:40,300 --> 00:50:44,200
So yeah, it's just such a.
Yeah, and I have two other

922
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,300
movies.
Coming up, have a red carpet.

923
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:49,100
I got invited to the film
festival, red carpet, and the

924
00:50:49,100 --> 00:50:52,500
same night I have to head out
into the plane to film another

925
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:54,400
movie.
I just got back from the Dew

926
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,500
Tour.
Like I said, I got second place

927
00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:00,200
and I have another gig that's
going to happen next week.

928
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,100
Actually with a big brand and
I've been doing lots of with

929
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:05,300
Abercrombie with.
Oh my gosh with.

930
00:51:05,300 --> 00:51:07,700
Oh with Adidas I did run with
dreams.

931
00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:09,800
I did New York.
Fashion runway.

932
00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:16,000
Yeah and this girl doesn't stop.
I am a book right now so it's

933
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,200
cool.
Children's book and I am adult

934
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:19,000
books.
Yeah.

935
00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:24,300
All teenaged coming-of-age kind
of book.

936
00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:25,100
Yes.
Yes.

937
00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:27,300
Come of age.
Like children's book.

938
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:31,000
To and my life story.
So I have a whole lot of like,

939
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,500
those along the line that like
I'm excited and spoke about.

940
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:35,400
And I'm having a meeting this
week on it.

941
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,300
More.
Excellent, excellent.

942
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:41,300
Well, that that's / you rock.
Oh my gosh, I feel like I could

943
00:51:41,300 --> 00:51:45,200
talk to you for hours of my God.
We Can't Stop.

944
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,000
We can't.
But we must, but I wouldn't so

945
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:52,100
much for being the role model
that you are so much love to you

946
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:55,800
and pepper back there.
He's been roaming around, he's

947
00:51:55,800 --> 00:52:05,000
learning with me.
I'm in that to

948
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,600
what we do is that in October
you can go on our website but

949
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:23,600
project for we are will
reimagine outdoor adaptive.

950
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,200
We do a lot of helping people
with disabilities.

951
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:30,200
Like, I just got my own Ward and
Stuffs the next person after me,

952
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,000
we're trying to pay board so the
next person we're trying to pay

953
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,000
for it to get their equipment
for so bored or something for

954
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,100
the next disability person and
we're trying to raise money

955
00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:45,500
where I knew, we're a whole new
company and it was my friend

956
00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:49,000
Danny, who's a woman that makes
all these snowboards and all

957
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,800
these equipment for adaptive and
all that.

958
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:54,200
She's an amazing person and we
just want people, you know,

959
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:57,000
anything helps, we're doing the
5K run.

960
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,800
Either you're walking rolling,
whatever it's also virtual, but

961
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:04,800
its sights on the it's online,
it's $50 for individuals, 154

962
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,000
package family deal.
But everything profits go to

963
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,200
project board, so it will be on
Project, more Instagram, and

964
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,600
yeah, so roar, oh I love that.
Thank you so much for sharing

965
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:18,000
that to.
I'll be sure to put that

966
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,000
information in the show notes as
well.

967
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,300
Yeah, thank you so much for
having me, guys.

968
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:24,500
Thank you.