Very few people are able to find an activity that they love. Even fewer are able to find one that they are willing to devote huge parts of their life towards. Even fewer are willing and able to juggle a full-time job and a comprehensive and demanding training schedule while competing at the highest level. But that is the daily life of Marissa Ponich, and she does it as she says to ensure that when the time comes to hang up her sword, that she will have no regrets in what she did and accomplished. She has been able to juggle all of these things, along with crowdfunding to raise funds for her training and competition expenses, and make a big impact in the sport, and with such drive and work ethic, her path will find its way to 2020 in Tokyo.