About The Author

Roger Mooney

Roger Mooney is the marketing communications manager for Step Up For Students. He joined the organization after a career as a sports and features writer for several Florida newspapers, including the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times.
10/28/25
Roger Mooney
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The diagnosis was Entamoeba histolytica, which is an infection caused by ingesting an amoeba that produces fatigue,...
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10/17/25
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SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. – Edelweiss Szymanski turns 10 on a Friday in December. She will celebrate the milestone by running a...
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10/16/25
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Caleb Prewitt continued to shatter the perception of what someone with Down syndrome can’t do when he conquered the 26.2-mile course at...
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09/17/25
Roger Mooney
It’s been a month since classes started, and Matthew Ottenwess is settled into his freshman year at Tampa Catholic High School....
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09/08/25
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  – When it comes to her son’s education, Denice Santos always thinks about the big picture. “What can...
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09/04/25
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This is what home education looks like to Vivian McCoy: Feeding horses in the morning. Mucking stalls, too. Doing the...
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08/14/25
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Gedontae “Duke” Rich never considered himself Ivy League material until, as a high school junior, he was approached...
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08/07/25
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TAMPA, Fla. – It was July 2024, and Jack Canterbury celebrated a birthday. His 14th. That led to a question...
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07/22/25
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Markala was Marlena and John Roland’s first child, and there were more on the way – four more, in all. And Markala was 5, so the Roland...
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07/17/25
Roger Mooney
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – David Prewitt was worried. His wife, Karen, wasn’t. “He can do it,” she said. Their son Caleb,...
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