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.
02/08/24
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Tristan Drummond was born 10 weeks premature with one kidney and enough genetic disorders that doctors gave him a 50/50...
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02/02/24
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TAMPA – Be a doctor, some say. Be a lawyer, others suggest. You’re so smart, you should do something big, they...
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01/22/24
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NAPLES – Payton Gibbs stood at midfield wearing black pants, a red pullover, and a red ballcap emblazoned with the University of...
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12/20/23
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The pre-K-to-8 private school is one of 73 public and private schools in the state this year to receive a...
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12/18/23
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OCALA – Seven years ago, Vicki and Tim Fouche were greatly dissatisfied with the care their daughter Hannah was receiving at...
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12/15/23
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PALMETTO BAY – Elijah Williams was in the fifth grade when he set his sights on a career in engineering. The...
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07/17/23
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MARGATE, Florida – Kaylia Powell’s home life is in a constant state of flux. At times, she has lived apart from...
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06/23/23
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PLANTATION, Florida – There was no way William “JR” Moreland was taking AP Language and Composition as a junior, or so...
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06/16/23
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MIAMI – Nery Perez-Valdes wanted to become a doctor, but life got in the way. She fled Cuba for Miami with...
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06/02/23
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PINELLAS PARK – David Facey remembers sitting in his Language Arts class last year hoping for salvation. Hoping someone would pull...
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