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From Tragedy to Trailblazer
in Dance and Disability Empowerment


By Rachel Sokol
Some stories break you, others build you—Chelsie Hill's did both, and in the process, she built a movement. Back in 2010, Chelsie was a typical 17-year-old high school student who loved spending time with friends, dancing, and living it up in Monterey, California. Then life took an unexpected turn. After leaving a party with friends, she got into a car with a drunk driver. That driver ended up crashing, leaving Chelsie clinging to life. Rushed to the hospital, doctors told Chelsie she was paralyzed from the waist down and wouldn't walk again. Turning tragedy into triumph, Chelsie focused on ways she could still dance, even from a mobility chair.