Blog Archive (2006-2013)

Hey everybody! I hope your spring holidays were filled with family, friends and happiness. Right now I am preparing for a long flight to Europe and thought it was the perfect time to reflect a bit on the past year. It was a season fighting injury for me. I was so...

Hey Everyone, I know it's been a while since my last entry but I wanted to write a quick update before I leave for Nationals in Omaha. Since my last post, I've moved out to Lake Arrowhead, CA to work with Rafael Arutyunyan. Working with Rafael has been a whole new...

Hey Everyone! I hope everyone is having a really fun summer so far. It's been pretty busy, but I've certainly enjoyed it so far. I'm getting settled into my new surroundings and into the groove of the summer training. I wanted to give you guys an update and what's...

Hey Everyone, I know it's been a while since my last entry so I'll do my best to make it up to you 🙂 I'll pick up right before Nationals. I had the chance to go home for Christmas and I even got an unexpected gift. There were severe snowstorms in the northeastern...

Everyone! I'm a few months into my season now and I thought it would be the perfect time to write a new journal entry. My last entry left off right before I was going to leave for my first event, Japan Open. I wrote a little blog about my experience there but if you...

Hey everyone! I want to keep you all updated on things going on this off season. I'm training my newly choreographed programs. I just got back from a meeting with my costume designer, Stephanie Handler in New York City. The summer skating sessions are almost over and...

I am writing this note as I pack for my trip to Korea. I can’t believe a year has passed. I had such great experiences this past season. I’m so grateful for all of them. I want to promise you guys that I will write in this journal more often this coming season. You...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to fill you all in on what's happened since I last wrote a journal. After Nationals I felt I finally had some time to sit down and breathe. My practices with Brian focused on my jump technique and increasing my speed and edge quality. David...

Hey everyone! So much has happened in the past few months! I guess I will start with the most recent things that have happened… my coaching change. I know it may seem that it was a sudden decision but it was one that was made with a lot of thought and had been in the...

Hey everyone! It has been a few months since I have written. I figured it was time to write a summer update! As you can imagine a lot has happened, so I'll start where I last left off. I arrived home from a two week training session in the Netherlands (after Junior...