Rhody Postcards: Marissa Norman ’12
Greetings from Colorado Springs! This summer, I was selected to participate in the U.S. Olympic Committee’s F.L.A.M.E. (Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere) program. In Colorado Springs, I got to stay at the Olympic Training Center for four days, living the way an Olympic athlete would. I met many Olympic athletes and heard their amazing stories of struggles and victories.
Marissa is a sophomore and a member of the URI track and field team. She is a psychology major and aspires to a career as a sports psychologist.
![This is me inside the Olympic Trainer Center just after we pulled into Colorado Springs.](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/DSC00017.jpg)
![The F.L.A.M.E. participants outside the Olympic Training Center.](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/DSC00061.jpg)
![Me with April Holmes, U.S. Paralympic gold medal sprinter.](https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/DSC00063.jpg)