![]() “I remember excelling in all sports that I competed in. “I have been underestimated from the beginning, but people are quick to understand that I have the drive to succeed in everything I do,” Castillo said. When she finally got her chance however, she used the opportunity to excel in all sports she tried including volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball or track. She became enamored with sports in middle school, but likely because of her disability remembers immediately being benched in every sport she participated in. With that encouragement came a desire to compete, she said. ![]() It has got me where I needed to be so far now I just need to keep going.”īorn and raised in Monte Alto, Castillo said she was given an ‘iron will’ to succeed by her parents, who told her she could do anything just as well as anybody else – and even better. “It made me smarter and stronger and showed me how to work at my own pace. ![]() I had to learn things my own way and accomplish them in my own way because I knew I couldn’t do things the same as other people,” Castillo said. “I have always had to work a lot harder in anything I have done. ![]() It’s the same mindset that is leading her to a career in coaching, where she seeks to motivate young children to succeed no matter the obstacles in their path. Now on the verge of graduating with an associate degree in Kinesiology from STC, she reflects on the mindset that has enabled her to become among the top students in the program. Giving up has never been an option, she said. Exuding a quiet strength that hints at true confidence underneath her calm demeanor, South Texas College Kinesiology student Anahi Castillo believes there are no limits to what she is capable of achieving.ĭisabled from birth, Castillo said she has never let that fact get in the way of her goals. ![]()
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