ABOUT ANASTASIA PAGONIS
Swimmer who has competed on the Team USA Paralympic team. As a blind swimmer, she has earned more than 440,000 followers for her motivational messages on her anastasia_k_p Instagram account.
She was misdiagnosed with Stargardt disease and began losing her eyesight at a young age. She went completely blind at age 14.
She won two gold medals at the Australian event of the 2020 World Para Swimming World Series. She began her training for the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games for Team USA in 2020.
Her parents helped her get therapeutic treatment for depression following her lost eyesight in 2018. Her mother's name is Stacey.
She has received advice from activist and YouTube star Molly Burke on coping with blindness.
