On September 21st, I'll be swimming my first ever open-water, 1-mile swim at Lake Lanier with my Dynamo teammates in the Swim Across America event to honor my grandmother, who is living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and in memory of my grandfather, who also battled CLL (but was not the cause of his death). I'm also swimming for my brother’s friend, Boone, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia.

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