FRAMINGHAM — Stacy Santos refuses to be defined by her incapacity. She’s a shortly-to-be graduate of Joseph Keefe Complex Superior University.
Santos, 18, graduates with the relaxation of the Course of 2021 at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Warren Meeting Middle in Ashland.
“I overcame a incapacity,” Santos explained, one particular that set a thought in her intellect when she was youthful that “I genuinely didn’t think graduation was component of my potential.”
Santos was identified with dyslexia about 10 years back. The condition helps make reading complicated because of to troubles pinpointing speech appears, and finding out how they relate to letters and text.
There is no treatment.
Successful mix
With a mixture of perseverance and loving aid from her mother, Santos progressed from a youngster who doubted her abilities to one who values her educational and inventive strengths.
With an amazing 3.28 quality position normal, Santos will attend the Massachusetts Faculty of Artwork and Design and style in the slide. She hopes to come to be a specialist animator.
“That would be neat,” she reported.
Cool is a word Santos utilized often throughout her interview for this tale. It described her experience at the Carroll Faculty, in which she received specialized academic training from the fifth by ninth grades.
Interesting is also how Santos explained her working experience getting the tour at Keefe in advance of determining to enroll there for quality 10. It was shut to her Framingham residence, and she related with the school’s style and visual arts office.
Additional than neat
But when it comes to her mother, Eva Santos, the word neat just doesn’t absolutely describe how a great deal Santos appreciates what her mom did for her.
Whilst Santos struggled in elementary school to go through and generate, it was her mom who thought in her, and enrolled her daughter in the Carroll School, which allows learners with language-primarily based mastering differences like dyslexia.
“When you are a kid, you don’t understand what moms and dads do powering the scenes,” Santos claimed. “My mom pushed me, bought me into the Carroll College, and served me by means of a complicated time.
“I have a great deal of admiration for that. I seriously do like my mom.”
Anxious arrival
Santos was nervous when she arrived at Keefe, and wondered if she could reduce it academically. People feelings of question melted away when her English instructor swiftly promoted her to the honors-amount course.
Examining speed and comprehension can however get a tiny more time for Santos in honor’s English, and she sometimes misspells a word. But her dyslexia doesn’t present the psychological struggle it once did.
“Dyslexia is not going away. I will have it my complete lifetime, and I have uncovered to live with it,” she claimed.
As for graduation working day, Santos said it’s likely to be “pretty great,” mainly because it will be the initially time she has at any time worn a cap and gown. And she’s bringing her yearbook, for the reason that she would like all of her college good friends to indication it.
“It’s going to be a mixture of happy and sad. It’s the close of an period, and a new beginning,” Santos mentioned.
Legacy of leadership
As for the legacy Santos leaves behind at Keefe, she wishes to be remembered by her instructors and good friends as someone who generally served others — no matter whether in her position as a student ambassador who qualified prospects tours of the school, performing with learners in her courses, or sharing her standpoint with other learners who have a finding out disability.
“Her legacy is how wonderful a human staying she is,” said Andrea Fisichella, Santos’ steering counselor at Keefe.
Not seeking to be defined by her disability, Santos has information for others that face worries.
“I want youngsters to know that they will get there. It takes a lot of hard operate, but you will sooner or later make it,” she said.
Henry Schwan is a multimedia journalist for the Every day News. Stick to Henry on Twitter @henrymetrowest. He can be achieved at [email protected] or 508-626-3964.
Course of 2021, Joseph P. Keefe Technical High School
The pursuing college students were being scheduled to graduate June 3 from Joseph P. Keefe Technological Superior College in Framingham:
Rachael Jane Aarden
Paul Jacob Abrahams
Tiffany Anne Adams
Liliana Ali Alfaro
Olivia Irene Anderson
Rafaela Brandao Araujo
Anthony Alexander Archila Guzman
Jack Michael Arena
Denilson Enrique Arteaga Espinoza
Colden Brian Baer
Jacob Paul Baker
Debora Cristina Barbosa Borgem
Chantal Cristina Barroso Jaquez
Hailey Elizabeth Bastiansen
Cinthia Angelica Batista
Stephanie Belalcazar Corrales
James Michael Bender
Sylvie Christine Bielak
Leon Lawrence Blaski
Bruno Rodrigues Bomfim
Richard Anthony Boston Jr
Skye Valen Bradford
Emily Rosemary Brady
Edith Penina Brickman
Gabrielle Marie Buentello
Troy Alan Bykowski
Edwin Joel Calderon
Paolo Andres Calvo
Kayla Lynn Canning
Emely Capellan Urbaez
Allison Cerrato-Carrillo
Alec Daniel Chan
Hannah Lee Ciniello
Desarae Rose Cioppa
Michael David Clifford
Justin Kenneth Cole
Breno Costa
Gabriel Cruz
Ester Soares Da Silva
Harold Brenier De Aza
Ivan De Leon
Jennifer Lilian De Leon
Sheerley Maythe De Leon
Emilly Junia De Souza
Giulia Gomes De Souza
Madison Mardi DeBalsi
Nyomi Marie Delgado
Noah Francis DeSouza
William Michael Dimidis
Zion Lee DosSantos
Giovanni Gilmer Douglass
Vanessa Michele Durning
Chase Michael Ellingwood
Ryan John Facchini
Ryan Barros Felix
Gabriel Da Silva Ferreira
Luana de Souza Ferreira
Jackson Brian Flores
Zamya Ruth Furtado
Hinks Kelly Gelin
Josvardo Angenol Gomez
Kimberling Nathalie Gonzalez
Daniel Thomas Goyette
Jason Thomas Gunning
Oliver Burke Hamerla
John Norton Hansberry
Daniel Robert Harding
Tyler Jason Hill
Brock Howatt
Bruce Allen Howland Jr
Ryan Christopher Hunt
Miles Enzo Ignoto
Jordane Jessica James
Dayna Symone Jones
Jafet Lee Jorge Fortis
Scott Ryan Joyce
Benjamin David Kohler
Alexander Landaverde
Alexis Jade Lang
Juan Antonio Leiva Ramirez
Michaela Elizabeth Lincoln
Daniel Xavier Lopes
Nicholas Carmino Lords
Kevin Martins Lorenco
Jalianette Luciano
Kieran Luff
Nolan Victor James MacIver
Ian Gramkow Mahr
Angelina Corrine Marchant-Duncan
Idalina Pieper Marques
Ruby Isabel Martinez
Davin Sterling Maskell
Cesar Hernanis Matos
Carlos Josue Matos Acosta
Ryan Francis McCarthy
Shane William McCarthy
Alexandra Jakeline Melendez
Fabiana Suheily Mendez-Torres
Kiersten Elizabeth Miller
Peter Frank Holm Miller
Karina Lynn Mojica
Angel Jose Montanez
Jordi Kennan Montanez
Kathysha Jocasty Nieves
Daniel Nino
Ana Julia Oliveira
Harry Silva Oliveira
Jasmine Marrie Ortega
Hector Gabriel Ortiz Colon
Victoria Alejandra Ortiz Colon
Scott Michael Palmer
Daniel James Parker
Katherine Daniela Pedroza Quevedo
Ernest Gabriel Praise Perce
Liberty Ada Perron
Kelvin Gregory Phelps
Nicholas John Picone
Lucas Ramos Pires
Ryan James Potenzone
Jared Tanner Prespolis
Noah James Prince
Hector Mario Ramirez
Juan Manuel Alencar Ramirez
Jose Antonio Resto
Tiana Angelica Resto
Mia Reyes
Paige Rezendes
Corde Amanda Rhodes
Kevin Oliveira Rodrigues
Anthony David Religion Rosa
Delvison Rosa Martinez
Maiyah Ivette Rosal
Jake Alan Roy
Prabhnoor Saini
Guilherme Filipe Goncalves Simoes Ribeiro Salgado
Jose Antonio Samayoa
Dianavel Marieliz Sandoval
Camila Guidine Santos
Stacy Santos
Stephanie Yorlani Cassimiro Santos
Matthew Savino
Dylan Austin Schrag
Owen Alexander Sheehy
Joe Michael Smith-Price tag
Joyce Cassimiro Soares
Crystal Pucce Soeiro
Sabrynna Rafaella De Faria Souza
Owen Roger Stanley
Zachary John Steenbruggen
Tyler Anthony Stinson
Ryan James Swallow
Peter Alexander Sweet
Ryan Christopher Swift
Aiden Christopher Sylvia
Peter Mauricio Molina Tardif
Emanuel Tejeda
Annalya Marie Terrelonge
Matthew James Tivnon
Evan Michael Tremarche
Kendall Grayce Tufford
Charles Christian Vabulas
Emily Gabriela Valdez Donis
Angela Marie Valentin Ortiz
Filipe Souza Vasconcelos
Julian Andres Vasquez Rosa
Mark Daniel Velasquez
Christopher Antonio Velez Cedeno
Camilla Batista Viriato
Alanah Ruth Wills
Gavin Lawrence Wilson
Harrison Matthew York
Anderson Gabriel Zabatta
Sebastian Roberto Zani
Nicolas Zapata
Ethan Philip Ze’evi