Perseverance Personified

Cayla Pacheco doesn't seem to be able to take "you can't" for an answer. This is just an unbelieveable story about a young woman who has fought through a ton of challenges and taken them all in stride. Buried deep at the bottom of the story describing her effort that collected two trucks full of supplies for service members and their families is a mention of her dyslexia:


"Yes, I have to give a speech," said Cayla, who suffers from dyslexia, "a one-minute speech. Then if I am a" -- her mother helped her finish her sentence -- "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award finalist, I have to give a three-minute speech.

"I'm just worrying about the one-minute speech right now."

While I believe Cayla might have struggles with her written school-work, you can't separate out the vision of this young woman from the way that she learns. Cayla knows no boundaries because she has the ability to visualize that which does not exist in the world and create it. Countless other visionairies before her, from Disney to Einstein similarly "struggled" with Dyslexia, and were "still" able to acheive great things. The sooner we start realizing that learning differently is something to be celebrated, not "suffered", the more Caylas we will find in our own neighborhoods, schools, and homes.