Fremont, California would not be the first place most look when it comes to finding Olympic figure skaters, but Karen Chen knows that if Fremont was good enough for Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, it's good enough for her.
there's no spinner like her in the U. S. She did absolutely everything she could. So good, Karen, Chen, figure skating, fremont California in the skating world, is there anybody who has had a particular impact on you? If I had to narrow it down to one, I would say Christy Yamaguchi because we're both from fremont California and she would sometimes show up at the rink, like she's my mentor and an incredible human being. I've got a little something here, I'd like you to tell us about, this is my book I published like 3 to 4 years ago, I didn't know if I wanted to go through with it, I don't even know if I was going to make the olympic team. I remember telling myself like Karen, it's gonna look so stupid if you write a book and you don't even make the olympic team, like that's really embarrassing, I remember thinking that and telling myself that I don't know what what shifted, but then I decided you know this is such an incredible opportunity, no matter what happens, like I should really just go for, it was a magical skater in so many ways her presence, her attention to detail who wrote the foreword for the book, Christy Yamaguchi, I felt more comfortable with her, like I still saw her as like a role model and I still would get nervous and a little sweaty when I see her and I knew that she would be willing to write it for me and so I knew that as long as I asked she would do anything to help me
