Local San Elio Hills figure skater Octavia Luna Herai Garrison was accepted to train at an international figure skating academy in Novi, Michigan this summer. Like many athletes, her last year of training and competition was derailed by the pandemic and the 14-year-old is grateful for the chance to pursue her dream at a very high level. Octavia has been ice skating since she was 5 years old and specializes in ice dancing, which is like ballroom dancing on ice. The San Diego native inherited a love of ice skating from her Canadian mother Stephanie, who also trained in figure skating for 13 years in Toronto, Canada.
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