Nora Turcios

Nora Alicia Turcios Herrera is a 12th grade student that is about to finish high school, she is eighteen years old. She had been part of EIS since Nursery, when she was four years old. During her studies at EIS, she has always been at the principal’s list, which are the people that get 94% up in their report cards. Norita, as most of her friends call her, is one of the girls that always get outstanding throughout all her participation, or in any other activity outside or in school. Besides, she has a wonderful charisma, always smiling as well as being sweet with everybody. Since a little girl, her favorite sport has been soccer, so she had become part of the team. Since she had part of the institution ever since child, she is known for being an excellent athletic, student, and friend. However, her friends really like her especially because of her positivism, and cheerful personality. At the beginning of the school year, Norita felt bad and she always felt dizzy. She had a health problem and she left school for about one whole month to travel to Washington, D.C., where her hospital was located. The doctors told her that a surgery was vital. Her operation took sixteen hours, almost the entire day. The surgery was delicate, but thanks God it turned out a success! She had to drink thousands of pills and antibiotics so she can improve her health and feel better. Norita had been very strong since all the things that she had been through. She had always been positive and enthusiastic no matter what. It is really inspiring as well as surprising, in the way in which she had improve herself, always keeping moving forward in something so delicate involving her health and she being so young. Although everything she had missed in school, she can manage well her time to get good grades, all A’s! Norita even take AP’s which are the advance classes that not all students take. Her GPA is around 91.5%. Indeed, she is someone astonishing! She left three months later for three weeks, and she catched up with all homeworks, and projects quickly! She stills get A’s in all her classes! Life until now has been hard for her, but she never looks sad or mad, Norita is always happy, and spreads the joy all over her lovely friends.
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