Paralyzed Rodeo Star and Tremonton local Amberley Snyder set to speak at The Family Place's Steppin' Up event, raising awareness during Child Abuse Prevention Month on Wednesday April 1 at 4:00 p.m.

The Family Place Utah will display hundreds of children’s shoes on the stairs of the Historic Cache County Courthouse in order to raise awareness during Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each pair of shoes represents a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect right here in Cache Valley.

This year’s Steppin’ Up event will be backed by some serious star power, as paralyzed rodeo star and Tremonton local Amberly Snyder has agreed to speak at the event. Amberley’s tenacity and perseverance has inspired many.

Amberley fell in love with horses at a young age, leading her to win the World all Around Championship in 2009 with the National Britches Rodeo Association. Just one year later she tragically broke her spine in an automobile crash. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down, Amberley was told by doctors not to get her hopes up about ever riding a horse again. Miraculously she was back competing in the rodeo with a seatbelt strapping her to her saddle just 18 months after the accident.

As the only professional paralyzed barrel racer in the United States, Amberley continues to compete and has qualified for two Wilderness Circuit Finals as well as the American Rodeo.

Join us at the Historic Cache County Courthouse or tune in live on social media to watch this event.