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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Alejandra Robledo has earned great distinction for |
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| 6 | 7 | | herself as a winner of the second annual Celebration of Spanglish |
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| 7 | 8 | | Day Creative Writing Contest; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, This unique competition was sponsored by the Fourth |
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| 9 | 10 | | National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language; Ms. Robledo |
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| 10 | 11 | | won in the college short story category, and she was honored along |
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| 11 | 12 | | with the other winners at the symposium's meeting at the University |
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| 12 | 13 | | of California, Irvine, on February 16, 2017; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, A native of Laredo, Ms. Robledo grew up in McAllen, |
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| 14 | 15 | | and as a child, she spent a great deal of time on her grandparents' |
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| 15 | 16 | | ranch in Mexico, learning Spanish as her first language before |
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| 16 | 17 | | mastering English in grade school; now fully bilingual, she is |
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| 17 | 18 | | writing award-winning student fiction as a junior at The University |
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| 18 | 19 | | of Texas at Austin; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Robledo is currently majoring in international |
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| 20 | 21 | | relations and global studies and minoring in Latin American studies |
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| 21 | 22 | | at UT, and during the 85th Texas Legislative Session, she is serving |
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| 22 | 23 | | as a policy intern in the office of State Representative Oscar |
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| 23 | 24 | | Longoria; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, This gifted young Texan has proved herself to |
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| 25 | 26 | | possess exceptional dedication and creative talent, and she may |
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| 26 | 27 | | indeed take great pride in her achievement as she looks forward to |
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| 27 | 28 | | the challenges and opportunities that await her; now, therefore, be |
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| 28 | 29 | | it |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 30 | 31 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Alejandra Robledo on winning the |
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| 31 | 32 | | second annual Celebration of Spanglish Day Creative Writing Contest |
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| 32 | 33 | | and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and a |
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| 33 | 34 | | bright future; and, be it further |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 36 | | prepared for Ms. Robledo as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 36 | 37 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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