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Everybody has a dream.

Mine is about becoming a Major League Baseball Player.

 

 

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York until 10 before being moved to Los Angeles, California, I grew up learning to love baseball from my father who managed his little league teams for more than 15 years. Of course with me being a girl, I was only allowed to practice the game with his boys but never to compete in a real game because according to dad—girls didn't play baseball.

I firmly believe that a person should dare to dream then do it—follow his or her heart—have a passion that breathes life into their art, music, sport or business.

I realized my baseball dream in January 2000 when a team in the national Men's Senior Baseball League, Las Vegas Franchise, accepted me as a real baseball player. After 39 years of daring myself to get to this tremendous moment, I found out I had breast cancer at the end of my rookie season...

It was devastating news to say the least. To be kicked out of baseball by my own body. Not going to happen. Not an option. No way. Heaven or hell. I don't think so. Not just no but hail no!

It's nine seasons later and I still play in the Vegas Valley Men's Baseball League which is a MSBL affiliate. Though I have lost my whole chest to cancer I am the better person, the better athlete for it.

Cancer can destroy the body but it cannot kill the heart. Not my heart anyway. I'm determined to make it to Major League Baseball by being A REAL LIVE PINK BAT who goes to the plate with a official pink bat on MLB Mother's Day.

These are the baseball cancer stories. Share them with your friends and loved ones. Because you can have a life while fighting cancer. And you can be a cancer-fighting champion too.

Las Vegas Review Journal:

Surviving Cancer: Local Player Fights Back in Game of Life

Hardball Magazine Online:

Sandvipers Lose Game But Win Big In Baseball History

Baseball wasn't the only sport I learned to play well. There were the equestrian events in Western and English disciplines, track and field, softball, boxing, tennis, and neighborhood football growing up an a teenager.

When I discovered my talent for photography in Las Vegas, it was only natural for me to take all my lifelong athletic skills and apply them to photography becoming a self-taught sports action photographer.

Today I am not only a specialist in the field of film but an accomplished athlete as well. I play both baseball and professional football here in Las Vegas. Yes I really do play full tackle football at 50 years of age. I'm #52 Offensive Guard for the Las Vegas Showgirlz women's team. Visit our team website at www.LVShowgirlz.com.

This winning combination of athletic ability and visual graphic artistry gives me an edge over my competition in the photography arena for producing outstanding sports action shots, candid event images, and outdoor location portraits.

Not a bad looking 50 year old just a few weeks from being 51...

Official Photographer for Hardball Magazine, Men's Senior Baseball League, Prep Sports Online and Peccole Little League.

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