“I have this literacy foundation. Our goal is to develop and improve skills for young kids who are reading below their grade level. “It’s important to me because I graduated from high school as a special...
“My therapist recommended that I do this to help me out with my anger management. I’ve been dealing with it for a long, long time. I would wake up angry. But ever since I started doing...
“I just bought this. I guess it’s a little Viking helmet thing. My girlfriend pointed it out and I was like, OK, go for it. I’m going to be wearing it whenever I go to Austin,...
“We have four kids, three sons and a daughter, ages 21 to 27. Our biggest challenges were just getting through the teenage years. That was hard. With one right after the other, there was always something...
“Born in Norfolk. Came to Texas when I was young, and have been working construction. “I live right over there. I come to the park almost every day. “I’m 70 and I just retired last year....
“We’re sisters, and we lived apart for about 45 years. We moved from Idaho to California as teenagers, then she got married and moved away. It wasn’t until 2007 that I came out here to Texas....
“You never know what life holds in store for you. “In 1998 I caught a virus and developed cardiomyopathy; my heart was deteriorating. I was on a defibrillator and in and out of the hospital for...
“We’re cousins. We don’t really get to hang out much because I’m going to college and I work a lot as an assistant general manager of a restaurant. “Trying to balance school and work is a...
“I’m a nurse by trade and was traveling a lot, auditing physicians’ offices for a Medicare HMO. I’ve always loved to read, but it was getting to be an expensive habit. So everywhere I went, I...
“I’m a sophomore at IMPACT Early College High School. I just want better for myself and for my family, and I think this is a good opportunity. I hope to pursue chemical engineering. I like science...
