By Raquel

The best surprise of the day came in the form of a 4th grader named Raquel. She had volunteered to take me to the classrooms that I visited. She stayed with Jack and I during assembly and even introduced me to the class. That took a lot of confidence. She was very professional.

Raquel loves to play soccer and this is a drawing of herself. Below the number 17 on her jersey she has written "best friends". I am your biggest fan, Raquel. She writes...

"I liked showing you the way where we needed to go. I want to be an illustrator just like you. Your dog Jack is very nice and cute. I get nervous around dogs. But Jack was very kind so I wasn't nervous at all."