Maddie Mastro is ready for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics — because she’s been preparing for it her whole life.

The 21-year-old from Wrightwood, California, grew up a short distance from Mountain High, the popular winter resort located just over an hour away from the beaches of Los Angeles. Mastro says her parents taught her how to ski when she was just two years old because taking her with them to the mountain was “cheaper than childcare.” She’d transition to snowboarding four years later when her parents bought her a pink board. Read More