I’ve always been an exceptionally active person. Growing up, not only was a performer but I was an athlete, and movement was the way I processed stress, anger and all the big emotions I didn’t yet have words for. Moving my body was my medicine. Then, six months after moving to Los Angeles at 19 to pursue acting professionally, I injured my back and ended up with three bulging discs. I was told I would never run again and suddenly, at 19 years old, I was on disability and in