As a female athlete in 2021, I think about change all the time.
I think about how much has changed since I first began skiing, and the boys didn't think I belonged because I was a girl.
Now we ski together and they know I belong.
And I think about how much still needs to change, and how we need to keep pushing the envelope for women athletes to be treated as fairly as the men.
And how I can use my voice and my platform to help make that change.
I've always dreamed big.
My mom taught me that from day one.
She taught me that the first person to believe in you must be yourself.
The ideas of "good" and "bad", when it comes to the way you behave or portray yourself, are so subjective, that if you attempt to conform to them, you'll never fully succeed.
I learned that the only way to fit a mold, is to create one for yourself, and that takes courage.
