The Magic Makers February 24th 2021 I took a life changing and career-altering gamble on myself by flying out to interview some pro athletes at a little pandemic meet in Texas. Since then I knew that all I wanted to do was show the world how captivating Track and Field can be. 

When I found out about the Magic Boost a program being offered by HaywardMagic and citiusmag a few months later, I applied very over-confidently and very under-prepared. I did not get the call back. 
Over the next year, I made it my mission to spend every dollar I was earning working nightshifts at a children’s hospital in Ohio traveling to track meets around the US in my questionably reliable 2007 Kia Rio5, sleeping in said car in NYC, walking 4 miles one way with 40 pounds of gear late at night in PDX just to get back to the couch I was crashing on because I couldn’t afford an Uber etc, etc, all to bring this crazy stupid and selfish dream to life. 

A year later, Magic Boost was scouting for its 2nd cohort a...