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.
10/21/22
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Not every student at North Florida School of Special Education rides Chief within minutes of meeting the big horse, but...
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10/14/22
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LAKE MARY, Florida – The King family is together on a Saturday morning – and that means kids everywhere. Christy and...
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09/23/22
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Willette Treadway wants to help. She wants to help her classmates, teachers, and administrators at North Florida School of Special Education,...
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09/16/22
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Like nearly every football-playing high school senior in the country, Khairi Muhammad dreams of an All-American college career that leads...
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08/19/22
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OCOEE, Fla. – Justin Williams was 8 when he underwent surgery to allow more room for his brain to grow. For...
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08/17/22
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Roberto Porras was at his job as a pharmaceutical rep in his native Venezuela when his wife, Ony, called with...
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07/15/22
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ORLANDO, Florida – Shakelia Henderson sat behind the desk inside a classroom that was recently converted into a library and nodded...
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07/08/22
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On a Wednesday morning in early January, a day after he turned 20, Josep Amiguet walked into a classroom inside...
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06/24/22
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On a sun-dappled Sunday afternoon in mid-April, Jay Allen gave his mother a gift she will treasure forever. With Deanna...
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06/20/22
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For Leidiana Candelario, moving from the Dominican Republic to Miami at age 8 was a major lifestyle transition. It didn’t...
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