We share Z’s journey from a Georgian orphanage to founding REIZ Adaptive Fitness, tracing how faith, friends, and sheer grit transformed trauma into service. The conversation explores abuse, caregiving as a teen, disability identity, and building a free, adaptive training space that restores agency.
• a reframed idea: hurt people can heal people
• adoption to abuse and the choice to stay in the US
• survival tools: prayer, community, boundaries
• caregiving as a teenager and end-of-life decisions
• disability identity and confidence through sport
• why adaptive fitness matters and how it works
• partnerships, donations, and making access free
• fundraiser details and how to get involved
Free admission fundraiser: October 11, Redhorn Barrel Room, Cedar Park, 10:30–2:30. “I do ask for you to buy the raffle tickets.” Learn more at www.reizadaptivefitness.com (REIZ = resilience, empowerment, inclusivity, Z)
