Va. 1st-Grader Born Without Hands Wins Penmanship Award

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“Anaya is a remarkable young lady. She does not let anything get in the way of doing what she has set out to do,” GCA Principal Tracy Cox told the news station. “She is a hard worker and has some of the best handwriting in her class.”

“It was the first time that I have ever had a student like this, but I was very shocked at everything she can do, from cutting to gluing to writing,” Joan Stalnaker, Anaya’s teacher, told the news station.

Anaya chooses to hold her pencil between her two arms and stands up at her desk to get the right angle to write on her paper. 

“It may be different, it may be hard, the road may be long, but she will persevere,” Bianca Middleton, Anaya’s mom, said. 

Read more at KHOU.

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