‘She was smart. She was ambitious’: Maite Rodriguez remembered as an aspiring marine biologist Maite’s life was cut short at Robb Elementary School on May 24; She’ll be remembered for her green high-top Converse sneakers
Editor’s note: This article is part of a KSAT 12 special project Remembering the Victims of the Robb Elementary School .
You could say Maite Rodriguez, 10, was wise beyond her years.
Her mother, Ana Rodriguez, said Maite was driven. She knew from the time she was in kindergarten that she wanted to be a marine biologist. In an interview with the Associated Press, Rodriguez said her daughter was set on attending Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for college.
Maite Rodriguez, one of 19 students killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. (Copyright 2022 by KSAT - All rights reserved.) “She was smart. She was ambitious,” said Destiny Esquivel, Maite’s cousin.
The 10-year-old was also an environmentalist. She wore green high-top Converse sneakers with a heart she had hand-drawn on the right toe. To Maite, it symbolized her love for nature.
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