Taelor's active teenage years playing volleyball came to a sudden end when she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 16.  For the first few months, she saw significant changes in her body and was scared that she would never be the same.  However, with her parents' support, a strong belief in herself, a lot of research with traditional medicine and naturopathic modalities, and the determination to not let this disease define her, she was able to rid herself from almost every RA symptom.