-: I think the biggest impact that I've had here
are just, like, the people that I've met, that have kinda
been mentors to me and invested in me.
Coming in for wrestling, like, that's what I thought
my identity was in, and that's kind of why I came here,
but also for academic stuff.
But since, from my first year to my third year,
I had four surgeries, like major surgeries
that kept me out of wrestling.
And so if I didn't have that, like,
I think I would have been pretty depressed and miserable,
like, hey, my identity is in wrestling.
I can't do that thing, so why am I even here?
But I had great people, like my coaches,
and just other people across grounds
that I was able to be lucky enough to be in contact with,
that truly did care and invest,
and helped me like, grow through those three years,
even though I didn't have that one thing
that I thought that's what I was here for.
And through those connections and the people helping me
grow in those different ways,
it actually led me to the job I'm at now,
through those connections.
And just from keeping me sane,
and finding a way that I could like,
be happy outside of that was extremely important.
So, just the people that I met,
and the way that they invested in me,
was probably like the biggest thing that I learned.