Two-time Paralympic gold medalist, author, and Northwest Indiana native Patty Cisneros Preva and friends gave a lively talk and wheelchair basketball demonstration Saturday morning at Thomas Jeffer…
Two-time Paralympic gold medalist Patty Cisneros Prevo discusses her book, “Tenacious”, during an author reading and wheelchair basketball demonstration on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso.
“I had such a wonderful, rich experience,” she added. “I got to meet the most wonderful people and travel all over the world.” Jorge Alfaro of the Chicago Skyhawks wheelchair basketball team, right, demonstrates the sport with teammate Ramon Medina during an author reading and wheelchair basketball demonstration on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso.
Jorge Alfaro of the Chicago Skyhawks wheelchair basketball team, left, races nine-year-old Nora Ahmed of Valparaiso during an author reading and wheelchair basketball demonstration on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Valparaiso. One woman asked Cisneros what advice she would give to a newly-disabled adult. “I would say really find support,” she replied. “It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. It’s a vast, very diverse group of people.”
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