Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you to be-this process takes support. No one succeeds alone.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

I never knew that people made a club for me!

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn't have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, "I'm not cut out for this." But I said, "I think I'm better than that, I can go try again." So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn't want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got.