Cheerleading was a major influence toward my identity. It is a sport filled with biases. My whole life, I have heard how it was not considered a sport. Yet, I did not mind, especially now, because it taught me, not only skills of cheer, but my identity. My coach would always say, “There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is a ‘me’.” Individuality was a tremendous responsibility for me, especially being in an All-Star competitive cheer team. I had...

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