“I learned it was Ok to fall, get scraped up, do it myself … my way.”

While cerebral palsy is a part of who she is,  Rachael doesn’t let it define or limit her.

Fierce determination has seen her fall down, get scraped up and try again – finding her own way to do things, and adapt in her own way – becoming a champion swimmer, and a Paralympic track athlete, travelling the world and now embarking on her third degree, in medicine.