Alyssa DiFrancesco

Hi! I'm Alyssa and I'm a senior at Penn State University. I love reading, writing, running and drinking wine. The last of the list is the most important. Thanks for checking out my page and I hope you enjoy my articles!

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I was so scared of the coaches that I quit the Penn State Gymnastics team

My morals, values and mental health were a million times more important to me than seeing my name on the wall in the locker room

It’s probably no surprise when I say that gymnastics is one of the toughest sports, but what studies don't take into consideration is the mental factor involved with it. Gymnastics isn’t a very popular sport, it can get pretty expensive and it will most likely take over your entire life. Almost no high schools in the country offer the sport…