American Paralympic swimmer Mallory Weggemann was raised in a household where she was told she could make a difference. Every night her father would tell her that she could change the world if she wanted to.
On Tuesday, Weggemann will get an opportunity to change the world that she wasn’t born into, but has grown to love — the world of Paralympic sport — when she attends the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. She will lead delegates in the Pledge of Allegiance in the evening and will also have an opportunity to speak with politicians.
“I was a little shocked and a little overwhelmed,” Weggemann said when she got the call to attend, set up through the Washington Speakers Bureau.