Even 100 Jellyfish Stings Won’t Stop Her

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Beth Houlton

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High school senior Maya Mirhage completed her first open water swim for charity at age 9 and hasn’t looked back. The Berkeley, California teen loves to swim, but says doing good for kids with cancer motivates her to keep going – even after enduring more than 100 jellyfish stings in a recent swim off the coast of New Zealand!

Maya’s raised more than $150,000 and broken several records, including being the youngest to ever complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swiming in 2024. And she still made it back to Berkeley in time for her senior prom! Pretty impressive, no matter what her age.

Click here to see Maya in action!

(Photo credit Swim Across America / Flickr)

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Beth Houlton believes in the power of words and individual actions to fuel positive change, especially when done in an intentional way that benefits us all. Personal and professional endeavors in journalism, law, music, community activism, and nonprofit organizations that work for the greater good provide a unique yet multi-faceted perspective and motivation for this movement.