One of my biggest passions is swimming. Swimming has been a part of me my whole life. Living next to the beach and my dad being a surfer in his youth, my love for water and the ocean was developed at a young age. Though I loved the water growing up I never participated in the competitive sport of swimming until my eighth-grade year. This was due to the fact that my dad taught me everything about how to swim and how to take care of myself in the ocean. Though when I started to competitively swim due to advice from a mentor my love for the water grew even more, as well as the sport. Since then, my swim carrier consists of five years of varsity swim, lifeguarding for three years and newly licensed swim instructor; continually my swim carrier also includes being on the club competitive swim team my freshman year of college. Swim has always been a part of my life, and now getting to study and see how the environment and humans effect it is truly a dream come true.
