Anne Cebula saw fencing at the Bejing Olympics as a kid and knew she wanted to try it out. Her parents said no to the expensive hobby, but Cebula kept thinking about it.

When choosing high schools, Cebula picked Brooklyn Tech, in part for its fencing team. She learned fencing there, her career launched and now she's training for the Paris games.

"If I turned around and realized what I was doing was walking a tight rope, but I didn't. I just kept going and following my dream," said Cebula