Friday, April 15, 2011

11/6-7/10- Birthday in Port Aransas

My birthday tradition has been to go to Port Aransas, TX for the weekend of my birthday. This year I brought along my boyfriend and my sister and her boyfriend.














10/24/10- Lake Hills Church for Austin American-Statesman

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The church band plays a few songs before the start of the sermon at the Lake Hills Church located on Bee Caves Road in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

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Pastor Mac Richard gives a sermon at the Lake Hills Church located on Bee Caves Road in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

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Pastor Mac Richard gives a sermon at the Lake Hills Church located on Bee Caves Road in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

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Pastor Mac Richard gives a sermon at the Lake Hills Church located on Bee Caves Road in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

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Lake Hills Church located on Bee Caves Road in Austin, Texas on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

10/23/10- Science and Engineering Fest for Austin American Statesman

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Jim Ollerton, a high school math teacher at San Antonio Academy of Career and Technologies points out the vortex while he watches Bella Bartholomew, 8, (center) and her friend Maya Anderson, 8, play with a vortex machine at the Science and Engineering Fest at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas on Saturday, October 23, 2010.

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Sara Mercado, 11, holds onto a small object that spun when she touched the Van De Graaff and static electricity flowed through her at the Science and Engineering Fest at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas on Saturday, October 23, 2010.

10/20/10-Vigil for Victims of Violence towards LGBT for Austin American-Statesman

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Irene Andrews, a special education teacher from Killeen ISD, waves a flag and an equality sign in front of Austin City Hall where a group gathers for a vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Council member Laura Morrison speaks and declares a proclamation for a group that had gathered for a vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Laura Wills, 27, (center) came with some friends for a group gathering for a vigil of victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Gabi Padilla, 16, speaks to a group gathered for a vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Gabi Padilla, 16, speaks to a group gathered for a vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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A group gathers for a vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Laura Wills, 27, (center) came with some friends for a group gathering for a vigil of victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

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Keoni Kanohokula(cq), 32, holds a candle during a candle light vigil for victims of violence towards gays and lesbians at Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

05/11/11- Citizen Schools Picture Perfect class

So about 10 weeks (I think 11 due to TAKS testing) I embarked on a journey with Co-teacher and staff member Nicole DiMucci Potts to teach 15 students a bit about photography and composition. We met every Wednesday for 90 minutes and with my background in photojournalism and Nicole's background in art photography, we imparted our knowledge upon our wonderful and young budding photographers.

Aside from the time spent learning compositional rules, prepping for their WOW showcase we managed to go shooting 3 times out of 10 weeks. The first being almost just a practice session, the students pulled off an amazing showcase with just the other 2 opportunities that they were given to photograph.

Thanks Bedichek Middle School photo students! It was a fun 10 weeks seeing you guys improve!

Check out the Citizen Schools program if you have a skill you'd love to volunteer and teach someone else! :) http://www.citizenschools.org/ awesome opportunity if you wanted to give away just an hour and a half of your evening every week for 10 weeks!


Donavon Young, an 8th grader at Bedichek Middle School, takes a photo during an outing with his Picture Perfect apprenticeship class with Citizen Schools on April 13, 2011 in Austin, Texas.

10/15/10- Hutto vs Connally high school football

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Hutto NO. 12 Ryan Higgins looks for a gap to throw the pass during the Hutto and Connally game in Hutto, Texas on Friday, October 15, 2010. Both teams go into the match with an undefeated season.

10/14/10- Traffic Accident for Austin American-Statesman

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A utility pole post sits still firmly planted while the upper half of the pole, still attached to wires, sits a few feet away from it in the foreground as an Akins High School student's white Mustang sits out in the grass on the background. The car was traveling southbound on S 1st Street and crashed into a utility pole across the street from the school in Austin, Texas on Thursday, October 14, 2010. Two other vehicles headed Northbound witness an accident and had a collision following the first accident. No one was hurt and the high school student was taken to the hospital for observation.

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An Akins High School student driving a white Mustang southbound on S 1st Street crashed into a utility pole across the street from the school in Austin, Texas on Thursday, October 14, 2010. Two other vehicles headed Northbound witness an accident and had a collision following the first accident. No one was hurt and the high school student was taken to the hospital for observation.



10/11/10- Linda Chavez-Thompson for Dallas Morning News

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor spends her down time from traveling on the phone calling supporters while at her office in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor spends her down time from traveling on the phone calling supporters while at her office in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor spends her down time from traveling on the phone calling supporters while at her office in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor spends her down time from traveling on the phone calling supporters while at her office in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor headed two blocks down from her office to the Bexar County United Democrats headquarters to great volunteers and supporters in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor shakes hands with Latoya Wilson (left) and her friend Lavon Lisumbu (cq), who came to the Bexar County United Democrats headquarters to sign up as a block walker in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor chatted with Aaron Espinosa, 10, while he was helping stuff envelopes on his day off of school at the Bexar County United Democrats headquarters in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

inda Chavez-Thompson, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor chats with Andres Gonzalez, one of the coordinators for Bexar County United Democrats headquarters in San Antonio, Texas on Monday, October 11, 2010. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

Monday, April 11, 2011

04/14/11- UIL Soccer for Dallas Morning News

 Frisco Wakeland’s Asley Vega (15) battles Waco Midway’s Anna Dorsett (13) for the ball on Thursday, April 14, 2011 during the 2011 UIL Soccer State 4A Semifinals game at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex in Georgetown, TX.  ( Thao Nguyen/Special Contributor)



 Frisco Wakeland’s Madison Brown (16) battles Waco Midway’s Megan Murphy (9) for the ball  on Thursday, April 14, 2011 during the 2011 UIL Soccer State 4A Semifinals game at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex in Georgetown, TX.  ( Thao Nguyen/Special Contributor)



 (from left to right) Woodlands player Adriana Rovira (25) tries to kick the ball away from McKinney Boyd player Kelly Monogue (5) at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in the Class 5A Region II semifinal in Round Rock, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2011. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR



 McKinney Boyd players Elizabeth Murphy (27) (left) with Melissa Neely (9) (right) celebrate their win against Woodlands by leading the rest of the team in tearing up a practice shirt that contain last years semifinal score where they lost to Woodlands. McKinney Boyd will advance after their win against Woodlands at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in the Class 5A Region II semifinal in Round Rock, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2011. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR



 (From left to right) McKinney Boyd player Amanda Elertson (19) tries to kick the ball into the goal past Woodlands player Natalie Kintigh (18) and goalie Lauren Watson (00) at the Class 5A Region II semifinal game at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Austin, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2011. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR



 McKinney Boyd’s Amanda Elertson (19) battles San Antonio Johnson’s Courtney Kukes (17) for the ball on Friday, April 15, 2011 during the 2011 UIL Soccer State 5A Semifinals game at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex in Georgetown, TX.  ( Thao Nguyen/Special Contributor)



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Frisco Wakeland’s Jennifer Perry (17) keeps the ball from Vista Ridge’s Brooke Dunnigan (4) on Saturday, April 16, 2011 during the 2011 UIL Soccer State 4A Semifinals game at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex in Georgetown, TX.

Friday, November 5, 2010

10/06/10- Lt. Dewhurst for Dallas Morning News

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst smiles as he carries 9-week-old Evan Ellsworth, who was handed to him at a Republican Rally in Hutto, Texas on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Dewhurst was the guest speaker for the event. THAO NGUYEN/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
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