In a press launch, she stated, “I all the time dreamed of going to varsity however determined to comply with my gymnastics desires full time, which did not make it attainable for me. I had deliberate to attend UCLA however needed to defer due to my coaching schedule. I nonetheless wish to pursue a school diploma, and the College of the Folks provides me the flexibleness I would like to slot in my research round my profession. I enrolled on the College of the Folks as a result of I imagine in greater training, and wish to assist share that chance for others world wide.”
She additionally stated, “Being a foster youngster myself, and understanding what it means to have the percentages stacked towards you, I made a decision to offer a hand in opening this scholarship fund for foster children and others and hope others will be part of me. On the finish of the day, life circumstances should not outline you or preserve you out of your targets. I imagine within the energy of laborious work. I do know that dedication and need could make the not possible attainable, and I wish to assist take away obstacles that preserve a school diploma out of attain for those who actually need it.”