MACLAY Kaleo

Classification
VS2 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (USA Volleyball, 17 Aug 2012)

Impairment Details
She was born with a club left foot. At age nine months she had reconstructive surgery to perform a tenotomy, where pins were put through her toe and heel to set the heel bone in place. (USA Volleyball, 17 Aug 2012)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She owns 'Flower & Flour', a coffee, bakery and flower shop in Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America. "My husband oversees the coffee aspect, our business partner [Kelly] oversees the floral aspect and I oversee the bakery. I call the pastries my labour of love, they are some of my favourite recipes and now I get to share them with every customer who walks through the door." (paralympic.org, 10 Apr 2021; usavolleyball.org, 01 Jan 2020; teamusa.org, 03 Dec 2019)

BALANCING LIFE
Her son Duke was born in 2017. "If I'm in the parenting role with Duke, I do my best to be present and be with him. When I'm at the shop baking or running the business, I do my best to be present there. Same if I am at practice, I choose to focus only on being at practice. I think as people we tend to spend a lot of time invested in thinking about what's next and not enough time of being where we are. [It] has always made me thankful for the time I'm with my family and time I'm on the court. Since time is the sacrifice it encourages me to make that sacrifice worth it. If I'm going to be away from my family I go into each practice or each match more intentional when I remember what I have sacrificed to be in that moment." (paralympic.org, 10 Apr 2021; teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019)