“The reason that I got back into swimming, I didn't even realize what I was needing. I think it was somewhere just buried deep down that swimming would help me through, like it did before.”

Laura grew up in the East Bay of San Francisco. She loved summer league swimming and passing out on her towel from the sun and exercise.

But there was a sad part of her life as well. Her dad had a habit of disappearing. That was hard on a young girl’s confidence. But swimming changed that. And with the confidence she gained from swimming, she changed her dad’s life too.

Listen to this inspiring story of how little ripples turn into big waves.