 When you step inside that ring You can feel extremely vulnerable If you have those weak points those weak points will be exposed How are you going to deal with the fact that oh you're getting caught with this punch? Are you gonna let it get to your head? Or are you going to adapt? Stay in your stance keep your arms loose Because of the nature of the sport you really have to be committed both in mind body and spirit to even participate When I first noticed her she was always in the front of class dead center up in front She was just there to focus on learning and the results really really showed The goal of of our club really is is learning and personal development And I think Jackie is just one one great example of what we hope to develop in our in our students Her goal isn't necessarily to to knock anybody out, but to outskill them The reason why I love boxing is is because of the character that has allowed me to build I feel like it's made me confident, but also it has helped me in my leadership skills I want a national title in my weight 132 pounds It felt really good to be able to win that for my team They put so much time into me and so much effort into our club That I just wanted to be able to give that title back for all the time that they've dedicated to the club I don't want to give up ever no matter how hard life is and I think that that's why boxing reminds me so much about real life You can be stuck in a really bad situation, but If you shift your perspective It can really help you deal with that situation Being a first-generation student, I think that I didn't have somebody to look up to and say can you explain to me what it means to apply to college Coming from a low-income family I couldn't rely on my parents to pay for my college for sure And so it really pushed me to make sure that I hustled to to provide that for myself Graduation is going to feel like Okay, I survived this thing that was unimaginable to me at some point When I graduate I'm gonna be a software engineer at a small startup called circles. Yeah They help other companies build their code and test their code to make sure that they're able to release their products. I Just love being able to build something put all this energy and effort into creating something and that it can actually be used by other people in positive ways She's a person with so much integrity and honesty with herself and others she won't blindly do anything I think that's what makes her a leader She she decides what's right in her moral compass and if it's right She dedicates herself to that You can spend your whole Undergraduate career feeling like you're not good enough. And so I think that cow boxing Reminded me that you know who are you trying to prove yourself to like is this about you or is this about what people think? It taught me take risks in and out of the ring even if I was like am I good enough to take advantage of this opportunity? You have to make a conscious decision and say yes, I'm scared, but I'm still going to push through it