10-yr-old Texas shooting victim aspired to be marine biologist, wanted to attend top research varsity: Mom
India Today
The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in the Texas shooting said that her daughter wanted to be a marine biologist and held firmly to that goal.
The 10-year-old girl who died in the Texas shooting wanted to attend Texas A&M University and be a marine biologist. "She was just so driven. She was definitely special. She was going to be something, she was going to be something very, very special," said Ana Rodríguez, mother of Maite Rodriguez.
Maite was among 19 grade school students who, along with two teachers, were shot to death at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde. The 18-year-old gunman was also killed by the police.
As a kindergartner, Maite said she wanted to be a marine biologist and held firmly to that goal. She researched a programme at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi and told her mother she was set on studying there. Her mother described her as “focused, competitive, smart, bright, beautiful, happy.”
"She was charismatic. She was goal driven. She was ambitious. She was determined. She was focused. She was competitive. Smart, bright, beautiful, happy."Ana Rodríguez remembers her daughter, Maite, one of 19 children and two teachers killed at school in Uvalde, Texas. pic.twitter.com/Hw1zMmEmAN
Jacklyn Cazares, who would have turned 10 on June 10, was a tough-minded "firecracker" who wanted to help people in need, her father said. Jacklyn and her second cousin, Annabell Rodriguez, were especially tight with three other classmates at Robb Elementary School.
