Cat Bouwkamp is a 13-time ParaFencing national champion and USA Fencing's youngest Paralympian competing at age 16 at the 2012 Paralympic Games. She has dedicated both her athletic and professional careers to creating awareness around athletes with disabilities. She has degrees from Indiana University while at IU she co-founded the first adaptive sports club, funded by the VA. Bouwkamp was recently elected to the USA Fencing Board of Directors and works at the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes.