DOSTY Whitney

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

Impairment Details
She sustained a serious ankle injury in 2014 while playing professional volleyball in Turkey. (onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

General
FASHIONISTA
She is the founder and owner of 'Wavelength Women', a fashion website that also sells swimwear for tall women. "Art and creating have always been a part of who I am. I started studying and working in fashion shortly after my ankle injury in 2014. With the ups and downs of my ankle injury I have been blessed with many new doors opening in the fashion world. I attended the School of Style in New York City [NY, United States of America] and graduated from the programme in 2014. Soon after I began working on projects as a style intern to [fashion designers] Kate Mossman and April Hughes." (Vimeo profile, 01 Jan 2019; onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

STUDYING DURING COVID
Following the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she was one of 10 Team USA athletes to earn a learning scholarship through the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Athlete Career and Education [ACE] programme. She took a course in digital marketing. "I love learning, so the idea of learning new skills really excites me to be back in school. We live in such a digital age right now, and I am eager to learn as much as I can in as many different arenas as possible with skills that will lend support to me being a first-time business owner. Digital marketing appealed to me as a valuable skill to have. As an athlete that has been putting work in for the past four years for an opportunity at the Paralympics, it was sad to hear. However, the postponement is out of our control, and safety and health is the most important. We have to adapt to another year of training and new ways of getting better. It's all a part of this new journey to Tokyo 2021." (teamusa.org, 28 Aug 2020)