Maite Rodriguez, her mom’s solely daughter, dreamed of turning into a marine biologist.
Tess Marie Mata performed the identical place on her softball staff — second base — as her favourite Houston Astros participant.
Layla Salazar sang “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” by Guns N’ Roses, together with her father on their morning drives to highschool.
Xavier Lopez made the consideration roll on Tuesday, which might transform the final day of his life.
The 19 kids killed that day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, had been each typical and extraordinary. To learn their life tales — as journalists and relations compile them this week — is devastating. We suppose that it’s additionally needed, as a tribute to the youngsters and an acknowledgment of the toll of this nation’s distinctive gun violence.
Today’s e-newsletter accommodates images and a quick sketch of every of the 19 kids. It contains the identical for the 2 Robb lecturers murdered within the assault: Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia. You can learn extra by clicking on the hyperlinks under.
Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10: Alexandria, who glided by Lexi, performed softball and basketball and wished to be a lawyer when she grew up. Her dad and mom noticed her make the consideration roll with straight A’s and obtain a good-citizen award at her faculty on the day she was killed.
Amerie Jo Garza, 10: Amerie was “a jokester, always smiling,” her father stated. She favored taking part in with Play-Doh and spending time with mates throughout recess. “She was very social,” he stated. “She talked to everybody.”
Tess Marie Mata, 10: Tess favored TikTook dance movies, Ariana Grande and getting her hair curled, The Washington Post reported. And she beloved José Altuve, the diminutive Houston Astros star whose place she emulated. She was saving cash for a household journey to Disney World as soon as her older sister, Faith, graduated from faculty subsequent 12 months.
Jose Flores: “My little Josesito,” his grandfather referred to as him. He was an brisk baseball and video-game fanatic. In a photograph his grandfather retains in his pockets, Jose has a beaming smile and wore a T-shirt studying, “Tough guys wear pink.”
Miranda Mathis, 11: Miranda “was very loving and very talkative,” the mom of an in depth good friend advised The Austin American-Statesman. Miranda would typically ask the mom to do her hair like her good friend’s.
Maite Rodriguez, 10: Maite dreamed of attending Texas A&M University to develop into a marine biologist, a cousin wrote on Facebook: “She was her mom’s best friend.”
Makenna Lee Elrod, 10: Makenna favored to sing and dance, play with fidget toys and apply softball and gymnastics, an aunt advised ABC News. She additionally beloved animals, and hiding notes for her household to search out. She just lately gave her good friend Chloe a friendship bracelet.
Xavier Lopez, 10: An exuberant baseball and soccer participant, Xavier additionally chatted on the telephone together with his girlfriend and made the consideration roll. “He was funny, never serious,” his mom, Felicha Martinez, advised The Washington Post. “That smile I will never forget. It would always cheer anyone up.”
Eliana Garcia, 9: The second-eldest of 5 ladies, Ellie helped round the home, reminding her grandparents to take their capsules, serving to mow the garden and babysitting her youthful sisters, her grandfather advised The Los Angeles Times. She beloved “Encanto,” dancing for TikTook movies, cheerleading and basketball.
Layla Salazar, 10: Layla additionally favored dancing to TikTook movies, and he or she gained six races on the faculty’s subject day, her father advised The Associated Press. She and her dad would sing each morning on their drive to highschool.
Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10: Eliahana performed softball and notably regarded ahead to sporting her inexperienced and grey uniform, together with eye black grease. The remaining sport of the season was scheduled for Tuesday, and he or she hoped to make the Uvalde All-Star staff.
Alithia Ramirez, 10: Alithia beloved to attract. She wished to develop into an artist, her father advised a San Antonio TV station. After a automotive struck and killed her greatest good friend final 12 months, Alithia despatched his dad and mom a drawing of him sketching her portrait in heaven and her sketching his portrait on earth.
Jackie Cazares and Annabelle Rodriguez had been cousins in the identical class. Jackie was the social one. “She always had to be the center of attention,” her aunt stated. “She was my little diva.” Annabelle was quieter. But the women had been shut — so shut that Annabelle’s twin sister, who was home-schooled, “was always jealous.”
Jailah Silguero, 10: Jailah was the youngest of 4 kids, the “baby” of the household, her father stated. Her mom advised Univision that Jailah favored to bop and movie movies on TikTook.
Jayce Luevanos, 10: Jayce, Jailah’s cousin, would brew a pot of espresso for his grandparents each morning, his grandfather advised USA Today. Friends would come over to his home, a block from the varsity, to play within the yard. He loved making individuals snigger, one other relative advised The Daily Beast.
Uziyah Garcia, 9: Uziyah loved video video games and soccer. His grandfather advised The Los Angeles Times that Uziyah “was the type of kid [who] could get interested in anything in five minutes. Just the perfect kid, as far as I’m concerned.”
Nevaeh Bravo, 10: “She’s flying with the angels now,” a cousin wrote on Twitter.
Rojelio Torres, 10, was “intelligent, hard-working and helpful,” his aunt advised a San Antonio tv station.
Eva Mireles, 44: “She loved those children,” a neighbor stated. Mireles had labored for the varsity district for about 17 years. She loved operating and climbing. “She was just very adventurous and courageous and vivacious and could light up a room,” a relative advised ABC News.
Irma Garcia, 46: Garcia spent 23 years at Robb Elementary, 5 of them as Mireles’s co-teacher. She favored to sing alongside to basic rock tunes and assist her nephew, a school pupil, together with his homework. Garcia was referred to as a steadfast optimist. She loved barbecuing together with her husband of 24 years, Joe; he died yesterday, of a coronary heart assault.