Less than two years after having her right leg amputated below the knee, Denise Castelli, '08 B.S., earned a spot as a ball girl for this summer's U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing, N.Y. One of two amputees selected, Castelli was chosen from among more than 500 candidates for one of the coveted 80 spots.
"My goal here is to try and change the way everyone thinks of disabilities," Castelli told Bloomberg News during the first round of tryouts. "Everyone thinks it's crippling, and it’s not."
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