It all started with a little Saturday morning show on FOX called NFL Under The Helmet. That little show was the biggest launching pad of my on-camera career. It was 2003 and though my body was dedicated to being a Houston Texans Cheerleader, my mind had bigger plans to flesh out.

While I was dreaming of finding my way into the world of television, Under The Helmet’s producers were dreaming of finding a female co-host of the pom-pom persuasion to add to their television show. We found each other, through the Texans, and made each other’s “dreams” come true.

Super Bowl XXXVIII happened to be in Houston that season. Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it an answered prayer. It was all of the above the day my newfound producers called to find out what I was doing on Super Bowl Sunday. “Whatever y’all want me to,” I said without thinking.

If it weren’t for the actual video I have of me as the Under The Helmet Super Bowl correspondent, running around Reliant Stadium like I owned the place, two-stepping with fans and teaching tailgaters how to line dance, playing some pre-game catch with Panthers Wide Receiver Muhsin Muhammad, and eyewitnessing the infamous half-time show wardrobe malfunction starring JT & Miss Jackson, I still wouldn’t believe I was actually there.

Ironically, the NFL Films crew and I spent most of the evening in the same exact spot I stood on any given Sunday – the sidelines of Reliant Stadium. I’ll never forget how thankful I was to be standing there, but NOT as a cheerleader. As a chick with a mic, gazing into the camera, starting her own story in the world of sports.