Background
She grew up in Houston and went on to attended the University of Texas on an athlete scholarship.
She grew up in Houston and went on to attended the University of Texas on an athlete scholarship.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women"s 400 metres hurdles. She trained under a prominent track coach, Bev Kearney, and went on to represent the United States at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. While at the University of Texas she had a relationship with her coach Kearney, in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules.
She later went on to report this to the university administration while working there around 2013, as Kearney had resigned amid revelations of further relationships with students.