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Willing and able Metairie teen crowned as first Miss Teen Wheelchair USA
BY KIMBERLEY SINGLETARY
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Even though it’s way outside of Carnival season, this summer New Orleans officially gained a new royal. In front of a crowd of more than 20,000 live and multimedia-streamed viewers, Metairie resident Emmy Rabalais was crowned the first Miss Teen Wheelchair USA following a full week of pageant activity in northeast Ohio. “I made history, and I wanted to do it because I wanted to show people a chair doesn’t have to slow you down,” said Emmy. “That night I was so shocked. I PROVIDED PHOTO couldn’t even Emmy Rabalais, talk I was so happy.” Miss Teen A bubbly Wheelchair USA 1 7 - y e a r- o l d , Emmy was born premature with an infection that threatened both her and her mother’s lives and left her with a brain injury called periventricular leukomalacia. She also has cerebral palsy. Her challenges, however, have not slowed her one bit. Emmy has multiple passions. She is fluent in French. She loves geography (including sharing facts about the flags, food and culture of any country), loves researching medical topics and procedures, and has what she describes as “more of an obsession than a passion” for a certain disco-era heartthrob since watching the movie “Grease” two years ago. “I actually got to meet John Travolta last year and it was just the best thing ever,” she said. “I admire him so much, not only as an actor, but as a father. He’s had quite a few losses in
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Justyce Wilson, right, hugs her daughter, Zahinnia Hampson, 10, as they dance among the clowns.
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A bevy of clowns dances around an excited patient at Children’s Hospital. Patient Charlee Henry, 5, looks up at the AEAONMS Imperial clowns as they dance with her.
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Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Imperial recently danced from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana building and into Children’s Hospital New Orleans, where they brought a bit of happiness to young
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STEM NOLA founder Calvin Mackie honored with AARP Award
Calvin Mackie, center, laughs as fly their fans using power from their battery-operated circuit boards during a STEM NOLA program in New Orleans.
Staff report STEM NOLA founder Calvin Mackie, Ph.D., has been named a winner of the AARP Purpose Prize award, which recognizes extraordinary nonprofit founders age 50 or older who are using their knowledge and life experience to make a difference. Each of the seven Purpose Prize winners is awarded $50,000 for their organization. Honorees will also receive a year of technical support to help broaden the scope of their organizations’ work. STEM NOLA, founded by New Orleans native and former Tulane University engineering professor Mackie and his wife, Tracy, works to expose, engage and inspire future innovators, creators, makers and entrepreneurs through STEM-based activities and to opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Since 2013, STEM NOLA | STEM Global Action has engaged over 160,000 participants in grades K-12. Recipients and their organizations will be honored during an in-person celebration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1.
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