Biography

Over the past couple of years she has been giving motivational and inspirational speeches for a variety of organizations, including corporations, professional associations, and private companies.

Her talks range in subject from: the basics like how to set attainable goals and work toward them to overcoming obstacles by working steadily upon your goal from day to day, doing the training and the preparation, and building a team of people who not only support what you're doing, but are quick thinkers, able to problem solve, and come up with solutions you'd never think of. While most people think of a long distance swimmer as a solo athlete,

She knows she would never be able to extend herself as far as she has, if she didn't have a support team that knew what they were doing, and was able to be adaptable at any given moment to help her reach a goal.

When she speaks, she talks about the individual, the capacity we have to dream, plan, hope, build upon what we've achieved, no matter how big or small. She talks about what it's like to have set backs, or what we think of as set backs, and how that sometimes is a way that helps us redefine our goals. She also talks about those people who influence us, how incredibly important it is to have mentors and how important it is to steer clear of negative influences.

No one knows your capability as well as you do. No one knows how big you can dream and no one knows how far you can go. You, like water, can seek and reach your own level. And she thinks that is very exciting. Much of what she talks about is attaining a positive attitude. She integrates stories from her own experience that help illustrate this.

Each time, therefore, she felt she needed to reshape the talk, add new material and thoughts, so that the speech is fresh and relevant.