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Audrey's Astonishing Anthology!

Audrey's Astonishing Anthology!

Fourth Grade Anthology, age 9 (2003-2004): Barbara Jordan Elementary - Austin, Texas

Dedication to Ms. Joseph

Dedication to Ms. Joseph

You're a godsend and successful role model! Thanks for dedicating your book to me. Your maturity in appreciating a B+ in writing, as an A+ student, showed insight beyond your years.

A+ Valedictorian/Entrepreneur!

A+ Valedictorian/Entrepreneur!

Congratulations! Your move before 4th grade ended felt like an incomplete chapter. I knew that you would be successful but wondered about your journey. I thank God 10 years later for your dad stopping me in the Palm School parking lot to share your valedictorian success, UT-Austin studies, and immigration advocacy. Continue Make DREAMs Reality! [Click photo: Apply for a $500 Do Something Seed Grant!]

Divorce: Healing Broken Hearts

Divorce: Healing Broken Hearts

Holistic Healing: "I feel like I'm 'responsiable' for the divorce. My dad always says 'Keep your head up, baby. It's not your fault!' Every time my dad tells me that, I still run to my room and cry!"

From DREAM to Reality

From DREAM to Reality

With donations from the owner of Good Luck Grill and others, Audrey Vivar, left, started a $500 need-based scholarship -- awarded in 2012 to Nelly Reyna, Manor New Tech High School senior -- to curtail college expenses. To support the DREAM Act, Audrey excluded Social Security Number criterion [Click photo: Austin American-Statesman, June 10, 2012]

Grandma's Perseverance

Grandma's Perseverance

Divorce: Communication matters! May parents be encouraged by Audrey and her dad's story.

Advocates: Junk Food Protest!

Advocates: Junk Food Protest!

"Fudge ice cream must go!" Audrey's sign, Confusion: Make "the snack policy clearer!" After school board protest, snacks changed.

Writing is History-Making!

Writing is History-Making!

Impatient Optimists NEVER TAKE NO for an answer! We made a book but, concomitantly, made history. Thanks for keeping your fourth grade collegiate dictionary and thesaurus gift. I’m proud of your journey to the university! If you need grant research help, please let me know. ~Click photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Impatient Optimists weblink. Thanks:)

Cross-Curricular: Math and Art

Cross-Curricular: Math and Art

Audrey persuaded her dad that she was big enough to hear about her grandma's divorce using her teddy bear and measuring tape: "Watch, I'm 1, 2, mmm . . . 2 1/2 feet tall!"

a TA Flash of the Past

Lunch Bunch

Writing Wedding

UT Symphony Orchestra

Healthy Snacks Campaign

Windmill v. Wind Turbine Project

SeaWorld Trip Plans (we missed you)

Time flies when you truly enjoy learning!

“If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to help them build theirs."    ~Dhirubhai Ambani

Audio Credit: Pastor Lance Watson's Sunday Sermon (January 12, 2014)

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