What prompted you to take up riding as a child in Florida?
I grew up loving animals, the natural world and great literature. I was certainly influenced by equine themed novels, such as Walter Farley’s and Anna Sewell’s , although it was reading the latter that prompted me to ask my parents for riding lessons when I was seven. Upon my first interaction with a horse I knew that they would be a part of my life forever. My great love of them came full circle.