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Kanya: Model, actress, skateboader and paralympian

Kanya sees challenges as opportunities to adapt and to overcome the odds. For her, stopping is not an option.

Alfa Romeo - Kanya's Video
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Opening/title screen. Cuts to profile shot of Kanya Sesser's face.

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“NO LIMITS”

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Transitions to head-on shot of Kanya Sesser's face looking at camera.

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My story is very unique.

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Cuts to a view of Kanya Sesser's arm tattoo. Cuts to view of skatepark.

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I was adopted in 1998 to a wonderful family,

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Scanning landscape view of skatepark. Cuts to view of Kanya Sesser placing her skateboard inside car. Close up of Alfa Romeo logo on outside of car.

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Jane and Dave Sesser, who are my parents now.

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Cuts to Kanya Sesser in car buckling seatbelt and turning on car.

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I was found on the side of the road

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Cuts to a view outside of front windshield as Kanya Sesser is driving. Kanya Sesser parks car in parking space.

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in Thailand when I was about a month old,

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Kanya Sesser grabs skateboard from car, opens car door, places skateboard on the ground, and gets onto skateboard.

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and they found out that I was born without legs.

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Cuts to shot of Kanya Sesser in center of skatepark sitting on her skateboard.

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My name is Kanya Sesser.

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Zoomed out shot of Kanya Sesser in center of skatepark sitting on her skateboard. Cuts to aerial view of Kanya Sesser riding skateboard.

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My motto is: "No legs, no limits!"

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Kanya Sesser riding skateboard around skatepark.

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I started getting into skateboarding when I was just like nine years old.

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Kanya Sesser riding skateboard up skate ramp to do a trick.

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What I love about skating.

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Kanya Sesser riding skateboard up and down skate ramps.

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is that I can do tricks,

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Kanya Sesser completes a handstand on skateboard.

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I can carve like I'm floating on a board.

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Kanya Sesser continues riding skateboard throughout skatepark.

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I feel free... alive.

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Cuts to close up of Giulia logo on outside of car.

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The hand controls

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Cuts to close up of Alfa Romeo Giulia logo on steering wheel inside car as Kanya Sesser is driving it. Cuts to different angles of Kanya Sesser using hand controls on steering wheel to drive the Alfa Romeo Giulia car.

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in my Alfa Romeo Giulia just drive so smooth with the car

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Cuts to Kanya Sesser sitting on skateboard in center of skatepark

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and I can easily pull in my chair

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Kanya Sesser sitting on skateboard in center of skatepark telling her story. Cuts to inside of the car with a view of the road in front. Cuts to view of Kanya Sesser on skateboard skating away from parked car.

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and put it on the side in the back of my vehicle and just get ready to go skating.

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Kanya Sesser rides skateboard over small ramp.

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I'm just like everybody else, but different,

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Kanya Sesser ensures minor fall while riding skateboard up a ramp.

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and I live my life through challenges.

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Kanya Sesser riding skateboard throughout skatepark turns and ramps.

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There's no stopping.

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Kanya Sesser performs handstand on skateboard. Cuts to Kanya Sesser sitting on skateboard in center of skatepark.

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I don't know what the future holds, but I know that DriveAbility program

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Kanya Sesser sitting on skateboard in center of skatepark concluding her story.

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will help me get there.

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Low angle shot of Kanya Sesser sitting on her skateboard looking out at the skatepark at sunset.

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"I'm just like everybody else, but different, and I live my life through challenges." — Kanya

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