[2] She was born completely blind but has limited vision in one eye and can see shadows and distinguish between dark and light colors.

[4] She attended W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind and liked studying English as well as History and disliked learning Geography.

[1] She gained qualification to the 1978 Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled that were staged in Windsor by achieving the minimum qualifying standard at a sports competition for the blind at her school.

[7] She went on to achieve four first places in the Class A blind division at the Central-West Ontario Regional Games in Brantford.

[12] She qualified as one of ten students at her school who would compete in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Long Island, New York.