Renee played sports in high school and was the captain of a synchronized skating team. "These experiences showed me that I had qualities and abilities that weren't represented by my
grades," she says. "It's important to find an area that you're good at, outside of school. You can really grow from those experiences."
James was involved in wrestling, downhill and water skiing and was a score-keeper/ time-keeper for his high school basketball team. He started woodworking at age nine, learning from a mentor who was also blind. At 13 he began working in a family friend's cabinet-making business. "At first, the other workers were terrified for me," James explains. "But eventually, they began to coach me." These experiences taught James how to determine his limits and work within them.
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