After a long practice, University of Arizona gymnast Danielle Spencer grabs her backpack, textbooks and headphones and makes her way to the library to study for biomedical engineering.
Moving from her birthplace in New York to Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 4, Spencer’s mother Carol Spencer put her into gymnastics classes immediately. Her mother had participated in gymnastics while in the United Kingdom and she decided to see if Spencer would enjoy the sport.
Spencer grew to love the sport of gymnastics and started jumping to different programs. She soon ended up attending Gold Medal Gymnastics owned by 1996 Gold Medalist Amanda Borden; she would go on to train there for six years.