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Here is some background information.

My goal is to motivate anyone who has survived an illness, injury, or any difficult challenge by demonstrating what I have done using my own challenges.

UNUSUAL FACTS: I tried out for the American Gladiators, advised to train for the Olympics in Archery as a child competitor, earned a fist degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu during college, applied to the FBI, US Air Marshals, and almost made it into the Secret Service for special agent position.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I have always been very active and naturally athletic. I tended to have more upper body strength as a female and adapted well to sports requiring this ability. When I was only eleven years old I was competitive in Archery and the coach advised my family to send me to Canada for more advanced training so I could try out for the Olympics. I became interested in weight training and bodybuilding and started training while in High School. During college I earned my first degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu karate and focused more on calisthenics and fitness. I entered the Criminal Justice profession with the goal of gaining entrance into the FBI, Secret Service, or US Air Marshalls and specializing in psychological profiling. My college research was on serial killers and causal factors. Unable to get into Federal Law Enforcement I used the same tenacity and work ethic and entered corporate America in outside business to business sales with the goal of getting into Pharmaceutical sales or Medical Device. After landing a “dream job,” in advertising sales, I had been diagnosed with stage one breast cancer within days of accepting this opportunity. From the time I was first diagnosed with cancer, I went nuts in the gym and trained harder than ever! I’m a breast cancer survivor and NPC level athlete in the figure division of bodybuilding. I started competing after radiation treatment and did many fitness challenges before and after treatment. The name fitsurvivor started out as a nick name at the gym! Some guys saw me doing pull-ups, tricep dips and females don’t usually do this kind of exercise. When I told them I was a breast cancer patient, they couldn’t believe it. I like the name and it was a good fit for what I do; a fit survivor!

STATEMENT: Never settle for a life of quiet mediocrity and never listen to those that tell you to take less than what you are worth!

Check out chapter 7. I have listed resources for cancer patients and valuable websites that many don’t even realize exists. I also have links to my magazine articles, interviews, and blog.

This eBook was inspired by God and all I did was write it!