I am one of 12 athletes from North America chosen to attend the first ever Special Olympics Internations (SOI) Global
Athlete Congress held in the Hague, Netherlands.
For three years I took part in SELF DETERMINTATION CONFERENCE held at manchester community college;
* Member of the organizing committe
* Key note speaker
* Moderator
*Breakout session presenter
*I attended the President's Summit for America's Future as a reporter for Special Olympics International.
*For four years I was a speaker at the Juliet Long school in Grisworld,CT during the schools week long DISABILITY AWARENESS
WEEK.
*I emceed the LIVING OUT LOUD reception at the Capital Building in Hartford.
*I attended the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska. I took part in the GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT as a presenter
and mentor.
*I reported for Alaska's NBC Channel 2.
*I volunteered for Special Olympics CT (SOCT) in the Athlete Leadership Programs (Alps) for two years before being Hired
as the ALPS Assistant.
*I am a memeber of the USLC (United States leadership Council) for Special Olympics.
*I was a co-host for two cable acces TV shows:
Cox Cable with George Ducharme and Pat Beeman.
*I ocaasionally train new DSS new employee case managers.
*I train for DSS speaker's bureaus's and new self advocates to become public speakers.
*I currently write a sports column for with-Tv.
