My short answer is yes there is a god. Let me explain why. I grew up in a christian household. We were not overly religious but would attend church every sunday. In middle school I was asked to get confirmed and join the church. To do this I had to state my belief in god. At that time in my life I wasn't sure if there was a God, so I said something very basic to skate by. Currently I am 22 years old and do believe in the existence of God because of my educational journey. I started my education as an Elementary Education major. I had taught skiing a few years and thought that teaching would be a good career for me, that was until I accidently got placed into a class that changed my life. For my freshman year gym credit I was placed into a class called Intro to adaptive sports, let's note that I was actually not supposed to be in this class. The cass was all about sports that were made for people with disabilities. I absolutely loved it because I liked the challenge of changing a sport to fit someone's disability. I quickly picked the minor in adaptive sports. Fast forward to my junior year and I am accidently placed into another life changing class about biomechanics. Again, I ended up loving this class. I was fascinated with learning how the body moves and its relationship to disabilities. At that point I was no longer enjoying any of my elementary ed classes. I had been researching a few different careers with disabilities and one that really stood out to me was prosthetics and orthotics. I scheduled a meeting with the professor that taught biomechanics to get his opinion on it. As soon as I proposed the idea he was shocked, this was nothing like elementary ed, but he said to go for it and if there is anyone who could do it it was me. The following weekend I went to a climbing gym with some friends. At this gym they introduced me to a mutual friend of theirs who was currently in grad school for prosthetics and orthotics. That was definitely a sign from God to me. I sent an email to every school that offered a prosthetics program in the country. Schools quickly responded and I was meeting with every academic advisor I could find. Most told me no way that I would be accepted, I had an elementary ed degree, that is nothing like our profession. My last school I met with was different. The dean was a former Elementary school teacher who had actually gone back to school. She encouraged me to apply. I quickly did. It was three months until I heard I was accepted and I couldn't believe it. I will be starting school in August and I could not be more excited! I am a very active person and my overall goal is to create prosthetics for running, skiing, biking, and tons of other activities. When I look back on my college journey I now realize there were no accidental class placing and coincidental meetups, it was God pushing me in the right direction. I live by the quote "if you ask God for courage he will give you opportunities to be courageous." I fully believe that God provided me with opportunities to grow academically and I am very grateful that he did because I am so excited and passionate about starting a new career.

Right out of high school I decided to go to college for elementary education. I had been teaching skiing for a few years and really enjoyed doing that, so it seemed like a natural next step. My sophomore year of college I took class called Introduction to adapted sports. This class was unlike any other class I had ever taken. It was all about sports made for people with disabilities and we actually got to play these sports in class. I really fell in love with it. I loved the challenge of adapting a sport to a specific disability to make it accessible to that person. I quickly picked up that minor. As I progressed through my college classes I really started to lose interest in elementary ed. I was only really enjoying the classes in adapted sports. My favorite class was a very challenging biomechanics class. As my junior year of college wrapped up the only classes I had actually liked were for my minor so I was starting to look into different careers with adapted sports. The first day of school of my senior year was horrible. I went to class and instantly felt that I did not belong. All of my classmates were excited to go back to school where I was dreading attending another elementary ed class. I had been researching a few different careers that involve disabilities and one that really stood out to me was prosthetics and orthotics. I scheduled a meeting with the professor that taught biomechanics to get his opinion on it. As soon as I proposed the idea he was shocked, this was nothing like elementary ed, but he said to go for it and if there is anyone who could do it it was me. I quickly sent an email to every school that offered a prosthetics program in the country. Schools responded and and shortly after I was meeting with every academic advisor I could find. Most told me no way that I would be accepted, I had an elementary ed degree, that is nothing like prosthetics and orthotics . My last school I met with was different. I think they saw my drive and passion and encouraged me to apply. I quickly did. It was three months until I heard I was accepted and I couldn't believe it. I will be starting school in August and I could not be more excited! I am big into athletics so my overall goal is to create prosthetics for running, skiing, biking, and tons of other activities. I hope to encourage people to be active and pursue their passions, even if they think it's not possible.

I have a very interesting college career. I am currently a senior at Slippery Rock University, studying Elementary education. I am finishing out my education by student teaching this spring semester, and while I am enjoying my time in 1st grade it is not what I want to do long term. I randomly took a gym credit in freshman year that was called "Intro to disability sports." This class was all about adaptive sports and breaking down barriers to allow people with disabilities access to sports. I quickly fell in love and picked up a minor in adaptive sports. As I progressed through the courses I was fascinated by the biomechanical side of sports and how it changed with different disabilities. I am a triathlon coach and a ski instructor, so I really enjoyed breaking down each movement to look critically about how to move efficiently. In my biomechanics class, we were breaking down every little movement down to the millisecond and I was able to improve my running stride by applying the concepts that we were learning in class to myself. Around that same time I started coaching an individual with cerebral palsy named Brian.Brian is the type of person who never gives up. Due to his cerebral palsy, he is often told that he can't do things, so then he goes and does them. The first time I met him he said, “I have mastered skydiving, now I will master triathlon.” I have been working with him for almost two years now and he has made such major improvements. When I first met him, he could barely put his face in the water and just last summer he did a triathlon in Lake Michigan where the waves were over two feet tall. Through coaching Brian, I learned to think creatively about equipment and how you may be able to use them in an unconventional way. He struggled with swimming for a long time because his feet couldn’t kick strong enough so he would sink. Nothing really worked until I thought to put an aqua-jogging belt under his belly to hold him afloat. By doing this, he was able to keep his hips up and swim successfully. Working with Brian sparked my interest into the adaptive career field. I became interested in the orthotics and prosthetics profession through volunteering at adaptive sporting events as well as coaching Brian. I really enjoyed working with people with disabilities and sharing my love of athletics. I have been coaching triathlon for three years and skiing for seven years which allowed me to have the background knowledge to give accurate advice to athletes and adapt the sport to fit the need of their disability. The more I worked with disabilities, the more I liked it. I started to look into careers other than teaching and really became amazed by the O&P profession. Prosthetics and Orthotics is a combination of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and sculpting to create braces and artificial limbs. It is a unique profession centered on helping people gain mobility despite their disability. I really do think it is the coolest profession out there. My overall goal is to create athletic prosthetics which would combine my knowledge in sports with my career on orthotics and prosthetics. I believe that I have developed the skills necessary that will allow my patients and athletes to reach their goals despite their disability.

I have always said that education is the most important thing. My great grandfather grew up on a very poor dairy farm near Penn State, received a scholarship for cross country, and literally ran to class every day because he could not afford a car. He eventually got his masters in agricultural science and became a professor at Edinboro University, and he still ran to class every day. Even though he had passed before I was born, he passed on his stubborn work ethic and drive to learn to his kids and grandkids. Right out of high school I decided to go to college for elementary education. I had been teaching skiing for a few years and really enjoyed doing that so it seemed like a natural next step, however, Once I had started college I was introduced to the crazy world of adapted sports. I had taken a class called "Introduction to adapted sports" and really fell in love with it. I loved the challenge of changing a sport to fit the needs of a specific disability to make it accessible to that person. I quickly picked up the minor. I had the opportunity to volunteer at a variety of events that benefited the community. As I progressed through the classes I started to lose interest in elementary ed. I had taking a very challenging biomechanics class (by accident I may add) and absolutely loved it. As my junior year of college wrapped up, I realized that the only classes I had actually liked were for my minor so I was starting to look into different careers with adapted sports. The first day of school of my senior year was horrible. I went to class and instantly felt that I did not belong. I had been researching a few different careers with disabilities and one that really stood out to me was prosthetics and orthotics. I scheduled a meeting with the professor that taught biomechanics to get his opinion on it. As soon as I proposed the idea he was shocked, this was nothing like elementary ed, but he said to go for it and if there is anyone who could do it it was me. I sent an email to every school that offered a prosthetics program in the country. Schools quickly responded and I was meeting with every academic advisor I could find. Most told me no way that I would be accepted, I had an elementary ed degree, that is nothing like our profession. My last school I met with was different. I think they saw my drive and passion and encouraged me to apply. I quickly did. It was three months until I heard I was accepted and I couldn't believe it. I will be starting school in August and I could not be more excited! My overall goal is to create prosthetics for running, skiing, biking, and tons of other activities. I hope to encourage people to be active and pursue their passions, even if they think it's not possible. Opportunities are out there, you just have to ask. I would have never found prosthetics and orthotics if I had not gone to college. It has been a windy road, but I believe that everything happens for a reason. I have a few friends that did not go to school and they are honestly very lost. I firmly believe that education is the greatest gift and I don't understand the people that do not take advantage of the opportunities that are available. Im sure that my great grandfather would not understand either.

My name is Katie Johnson, I will be graduating with a degree in Elementary Education on May 4th from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Although my degree is in Elementary Education, I didn't feel that teaching is the right career path for me. I do really enjoy working with children, however I like coaching way more than I like working in a school environment. I have been a ski instructor for seven years and a triathlon coach for three years. I went into teaching because I liked coaching so much and so that I could work in a career that is hands on, but I have stumbled into a career that I am way more passionate about: Prosthetics and Orthotics. In my sophomore year of college I took a class called "introduction to adaptive sports." In this class, I was introduced to a whole new world of sports made specifically for people with disabilities. As a lifelong athlete, I loved the challenge of adapting sports to meet the needs of different disabilities. I quickly picked up the adaptive sports minor and became very involved with the community. I have done ski guiding for the blind, swimming lessons, triathlon coaching for the blind, and presented a wheelchair sports demonstration at a physical education conference. The more I learned about adapted sports the more amazed I was with it. I loved teaching people how to be active and focus on their strengths not their limitations. At that point I was finishing up my junior year of school, not knowing what I really wanted to do. I was not enjoying my field work in elementary education and definitely wanted to look into more ways to be involved in the adapted world. That summer read a book called "The power of choice" and It absolutely changed my life. This book is about a woman named Mellissa Stockwell who had lost her leg in Iraq. Instead of her limb loss being the end of her life, she went on to compete in four paralympic games for swimming and triathlon. She has since won a purple heart, won three gold medals, and went back to school to become a prosthetists and orthotist. After reading her story I was inspired to look into the prosthetics profession. A quick google search later and I was a little bit discouraged. There are only about ten programs in the country, they have very low acceptance rates, and most have a daunting list of requirements that I did not have. I put that thought in the back of my mind and continued on with my summer. The first day of school of my senior year was horrible. I went to class and instantly felt that I did not belong. That very night I sent an email to every school that offered a prosthetics program in the country. Schools quickly responded and I was meeting with every academic advisor I could find. Most told me no way that I would be accepted, I had an elementary ed degree, that is nothing like our profession. My last school I met with was different. I think they saw my drive and passion and encouraged me to apply. I quickly did. It was three months until I heard I was accepted and I couldn't believe it. I will be starting school in August and I could not be more excited! My overall goal is to create prosthetics for running, skiing, biking, and tons of other activities. I hope to encourage people to be active and pursue their passions, even if they think it's not possible.

My name is Katie Johnson, I will be graduating with a degree in Elementary Education on May 4th from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Although my degree is in Elementary Education, I didn't feel that teaching is the right career path for me. I do really enjoy working with children, however I like coaching way more than I like working in a school environment. I have been a ski instructor for seven years and a triathlon coach for three years. I went into teaching because I liked coaching so much and so that I could work in a career that is hands on, but I have stumbled into a career that I am way more passionate about: Prosthetics and Orthotics. In my sophomore year of college I took a class called "introduction to adaptive sports." In this class, I was introduced to a whole new world of sports made specifically for people with disabilities. As a lifelong athlete, I loved the challenge of adapting sports to meet the needs of different disabilities. I quickly picked up the adaptive sports minor and became very involved with the community. I have done ski guiding for the blind, swimming lessons, triathlon coaching for the blind, and presented a wheelchair sports demonstration at a physical education conference. The more I learned about adapted sports the more amazed I was with it. I loved teaching people how to be active and focus on their strengths not their limitations. At that point I was finishing up my junior year of school, not knowing what I really wanted to do. I was not enjoying my field work in elementary education and definitely wanted to look into more ways to be involved in the adapted world. That summer read a book called "The power of choice" and It absolutely changed my life. This book is about a woman named Mellissa Stockwell who had lost her leg in Iraq. Instead of her limb loss being the end of her life, she went on to compete in four paralympic games for swimming and triathlon. She has since won a purple heart, won three gold medals, and went back to school to become a prosthetists and orthotist. After reading her story I was inspired to look into the prosthetics profession. A quick google search later and I was a little bit discouraged. There are only about ten programs in the country, they have very low acceptance rates, and most have a daunting list of requirements that I did not have. I put that thought in the back of my mind and continued on with my summer. The first day of school of my senior year was horrible. I went to class and instantly felt that I did not belong. That very night I sent an email to every school that offered a prosthetics program in the country. Schools quickly responded and I was meeting with every academic advisor I could find. Most told me no way that I would be accepted, I had an elementary ed degree, that is nothing like our profession. My last school I met with was different. I think they saw my drive and passion and encouraged me to apply. I quickly did. It was three months until I heard I was accepted and I couldn't believe it. I will be starting school in August and I could not be more excited! My overall goal is to create prosthetics for running, skiing, biking, and tons of other activities. I hope to encourage people to be active and pursue their passions, even if they think it's not possible.

I have a very interesting college career. I am currently a senior at Slippery Rock University, studying Elementary education. I am finishing out my education by student teaching this spring semester, and while I am enjoying my time in 1st grade it is not what I want to do long term. I randomly took a gym credit in freshman year that was called "intro to disability sports." This class was all about adaptive sports and breaking down barriers to allow people with disabilities access to sports. I quickly fell in love and picked up a minor in adaptive sports. As I progressed through the courses I was fascinated by the biomechanical side of sports and how it changed with different disabilities. At that point, I was not enjoying my elementary education courses and wanted to look into a new path. Fast forward to senior year and I had finally decided to pursue graduate school. I had researched multiple careers involving adaptive sports and fell in love with the orthotics and prosthetics profession. Prosthetics and orthotics is all about helping people gain mobility despite their disability. I really do think it the coolest profession out there. My overall goal is to create running and skiing prosthetics. As a lifelong athlete, I have found that there is no better community than a community formed by sports. I would like to give that experience to others that may not have had access to the equipment previously. From what I have seen, running prosthetics that are available now are just not cutting it. Amputees have complained about sores on their remaining limbs left from the current prosthetics used for running now. My aim is to create the most comfortable and effective running prosthetics. I have also been a ski instructor since high school and it is a big passion of mine. Skiing is a sport that is often overlooked due to its expensive nature. Skiing prosthetics cost a ridiculous amount and tend to put people off. I would love to get the cost of this equipment down by creating prosthetics out of different materials. If awarded this scholarship, I would use the money to help fund my education. I will be moving from Pennsylvania to Tampa, Florida. Rent is much higher in Tampa and grad school is very expensive. My overall hope is create prosthetics and orthotics that help remove the barrier between sports and individuals with disabilities. Thank you for your consideration, Katie Johnson

I have a very interesting college career. I am currently a senior at Slippery Rock University, studying Elementary education. I am finishing out my education by student teaching this spring semester, and while I am enjoying my time in 1st grade it is not what I want to do long term. I randomly took a gym credit in freshman year that was called "intro to disability sports." This class was all about adaptive sports and breaking down barriers to allow people with disabilities access to sports. I quickly fell in love and picked up a minor in adaptive sports. As I progressed through the curses I was fascinated by the biomechanical side of sports and how it changed with different disabilities. At that point, I was not enjoying my elementary education courses and wanted to look into a new path. Fast forward to senior year and I had finally decided to pursue graduate school. I had researched multiple careers involving adaptive sports and fell in love with the orthotics and prosthetics profession. Prosthetics and orthotics is all about helping people gain mobility despite their disability. I really do think it the coolest profession out there. My overall goal is to create running and skiing prosthetics. As a lifelong athlete, I have found that there is no better community than a community formed by sports. I would like to give that experience to others that may not have have access to the equipment previously. From what I have seen, running prosthetics that are available now are just not cutting it. Amputees have complained about sores on their remaining limbs left from the current prosthetics used for running now. My aim is to create the most comfortable and effective running prosthetics. I have also been a ski instructor since high school and it is a big passion of mine. Skiing is a sport that is often overlooked due to its expensive nature. Skiing prosthetics cost a ridiculous amount and tend to put people off. I would love to get the cost of this equipment down by creating prosthetics out of different materials. If awarded this scholarship, I would use the money to help fund my education. I will be moving from Pennsylvania to Tampa Florida. Rent is much higher in Tampa and grad school is very expensive. My overall hope is create prosthetics and orthotics that help remove the barrier between sports and individuals with disabilities. Thank you for your consideration, Katie Johnson

I have always been a hard worker, my whole family is. My grandfather is currently 95 and still working at his business, not because he needs the money but purely because he needs it in his life. I am the exact same way. I am currently a senior at Slippery Rock University finishing out my semester by student teaching. I will be graduating in May and continuing my education at the International institute of Orthotics and Prosthetics starting in August. At the beginning of student teaching my professor advised us not to have a job and that student teaching is a full time job. While that is true, I am not financially able to take an entire semester with no income. I have been very successful at managing my time and maintaining a academics and athletics. I have made deans list all semesters of my college career, completed 23 triathlons, become certified to coach through USA Triathlon, and have completed courses to earn my level two through the Professional Ski Instructors of America. I knew that I could d and would have to work during this semester. I am currently holding down three jobs, training for triathlon, studying for grad school, and student teaching. A typical week looks like this for me: Monday and Wednesday I will student teach from 8-3:40, then I coach triathlon from 4-6:30, after that I will eat dinner, at 8pm I have study time for grad school, then I pack lunch and go to bed. Tuesday and Thursday I student teach from 8-3:40, then I teach spin classes at 5pm after which I will do an hour swim and and hour run ending around 8pm. from 8:30-9:30 I will have grad school study time and then go to bed. Right after school of Fridays I drive an hour back to my parents house where I work as a ski instructor at a nearby resort. I work from 6-9 Fridays, 10-7 Saturdays, and 10-6 on Sundays after which I will drive an hour back to school and do it all over again. As you can see I have a very packed schedule and time management is key to having my life. Everything is timed, I know that I can take exactly ten minutes in the morning to drink my coffee, I know exactly how long it will take me to complete my lesson plans, and I know exactly how long it will take for me to get my workout in. I am a big fan of keeping myself busy, working ahead, and staying in shape. I believe that I do a very good job of this. I have found that there is a lot of time wasted during the day. Most teachers gossip during their prep period and scroll on Instagram during lunch. You would be astonished how much you can get done during a 35 minute lunch. To me, there is no wasted time. I am actually writing this essay during a lunch break. This money would help me to pay for graduate school. I am totally switching careers which is scary but very exciting. I will be moving to a new city where the rent is a lot higher and I could use any help that I can get. Thank you for your consideration, Katie Johnson

I was diagnosed with celiac disease at two years old. I was malnourished, bloated all the time, and constantly hungry. It took numerous trips to the children's hospital in Pittsburg to diagnose me. After that my mom carried around a big binder with everything I could eat laid out in it. Celiac disease is a manageable condition when following the gluten free diet, but it hasn't always been that easy. Being gluten free has now become a trend, which is great news for me because there is so much more food available for me. Grade school was the worst. All of the parties in elementary school involve food, usually baked food. I always felt left out of the fun when I was eating carrots instead of pizza or cookies. I can remember one time that was particularly hurtful to my elementary school self. My mom would pack me extra food for the teacher to keep so that I would have something to eat when the other kids had a treat. I had a teacher that year who just didn't get it. We were having a pizza party and obviously I couldn't have it so I asked if I could have one of my snacks. She said no and that I needed to eat pizza. I wanted to please her so I ate the pizza and immediately started to throw up. For some reason she thought I was faking so she wouldn't let me go to the nurse and called my mom to tell her that I was being dramatic. Luckily, the school year was almost over and I was out of her class shortly after. As I grew up it became easier to manage. Gluten free food became more available and I started to always carry food on me. When highschool hit became hard to fit in. Most highschoolers on a Friday night will hang out and get some fast food. I get sick at even the smell of gluten and grease so my Friday nights were spent outside the restaurant waiting for my friends. As I started to look for colleges I ran into an issue, at most colleges freshman are required to live in a dorm and eat in the dining hall. After ten college visits I finally found one I could eat it. When I actually started college however, the dining hall had changed suppliers and was not suppling designated gluten free food. I got sick ten times in the first semester until housing agreed to allow me to be in an apartment. Currently I am finishing out my senior year by student teaching in 1st grade and will be starting graduate school in the fall. I have created a classroom that is food free. This way no student will feel left out. Instead of pizza we have toys and stickers. I have been trying to educate fellow teachers about how hard it is for a child with severe food allergies to fit in. I have also created a gluten free recipe book to share with others who are recently diagnosed. This book also included safe restaurants, ways to avoid cross contaminations and things to look out for in teeth because celiac and lead to weak teeth and bones. I have worked really hard to normalize being gluten free and are no longer embarrassed to bring my own food.

Your the only woman here. This is a sentence I have grown way too used to over the years. I very often do things that most women do not. I have been a ski instructor since I was 15 (currently I'm 22.) When I became an instructor it was clear that it was mostly men that took the job. At first I was intimidated, but then I saw that they were all worse skiers than I was so I started to give them tips. Remember I was 15 and these were fully grown men. I quickly joined the Professional Ski Instructors of America and completed my level one teaching certification. After that, I started to lead clinics for new instructors that would guide them on how to teach a lesson and improve on their own skiing. Last season I decided to try to get my level two certification. In order to complete the level two certification, you have to pass a variety of ski performance assessments and a teaching demonstration evaluated by two members of the national ski team. It is a very intense exam, the pass rate is 20%. I know only one other woman who has her level two. I decided to be bold and go for it. I walked into the exam as the only woman. I was the only one to pass. I was beyond excited. I did hear one man who took the exam say “I can't believe that I got outskied by a girl.” To which I responded “Come ski with me and I’ll show you how!” I went back to the ski resort and recruited five other women instructors who have already started training with me for their level two. When I got to college I made it my goal to create a triathlon team. I had just started competing in them and wanted to create a team to train with. I begged the student government to pay for race entries for my two friends who were interested in the sport, they obliged but it was not an easy ask. The next weekend my friends and I competed in the triathlon, placing in the top ten spot which qualified us for nationals. The student government did not want to pay for us to go to nationals since were since a new club. They said we needed more members. So I made flyers, tee shirts, hosted swim classes, and had a pie your professor event all to raise money and recruit new members. At the end of the semester we had twenty members, which I think is pretty good for a club that had just started three months before. The SGA finally agreed to pay for us to attend nationals in Georgia that spring. My friends and I were a bit intimidated on our way down because we didn't have a ton of experience racing. Sure we had qualified but that didn't mean we were going to do well. When we got there it was only about thirty degrees, the water was so cold it made me hypothermic and I had to get pulled out of the race. Even though I couldn't finish I was proud of the work we had done to get there and even prouder of my friends. My goal is to be a role model for girls in sports. So often young girls are intimidated to try because there is only men in the competition or they have been told no. I firmly believe that there is no "no" in this world. You just need to work for it.

My relationship with sports goes back to when I was about two, which was the first time I put skis on. Growing up in northern Pennsylvania, winters were long and cold. Which is perfect for a family of skiers. I grew up skiing every day after school and from 9 am to 9 pm on weekends. I loved improving my skills on the hill and meeting new friends through the sport. At 15 I got my first job at a local ski hill as a ski instructor. I quickly fell in love with the idea of sharing my athletic talents with others and sharing the joy that skiing has brought me. Seven seasons later and I have taught over 1,000 lessons of various ability types and continued my education by becoming certified with my level two through the Professional Ski Instructors of America. In my freshman year of college, I started to compete in triathlons. I quickly fell in love with the sport because you are constantly switching sports. Triathlon and skiing provide a nice balance to each other, one season ends and you can roll right into the other. After my first two seasons of racing triathlon, I was offered the opportunity to coach a local youth team. Little did I know I was walking on to the best youth team in the nation. The high school athletes were being scouted by division 1 schools starting in their freshman year. I fully believe that these athletes have taught me more about triathlon than I have taught them. After I started coaching, I took a full fifteen minutes off of my time just by training with people who were better than me. Because of this I qualified myself for the 2021 national championships and have also raced at the national level in 2022 and 2023. As a person who has spent a lot of time in athletics the idea of adaptive sports first peaked my interest in college. I was required to take a gym credit and was randomly assigned to a class called “disability sports.” In this course, students learn about sports that are specifically made for people with disabilities. This became my favorite class because it was so different from anything else I had ever done. That same year I had the opportunity to be a ski guide for individuals with a visual impairment or who are completely blind. I enjoyed this because I combined my skills as a ski instructor and my knowledge of adaptive sports to create an enjoyable experience for the skier. I decided to pursue a career in prosthetics and orthotics. I will be attending the institute of prosthetics and orthotics in Tampa, Florida starting fall of 2024. If chosen, this money will be invested in my education. My overall goal is to create prosthetics and orthotics that help people with disabilities gain mobility and stay active. I would love to design ski equipment as well as running and biking legs. I believe that sports should be enjoyed by everyone. My goal is to make that happen for people who may not think that it is possible to be active with a disability. Thank you for your consideration, Katie Johnson