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.
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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06/06/22
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It was the beginning of the 2019-20 school year and Luke Desclefs was smoothly sailing toward graduating Jacksonville’s Bishop Snyder...
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05/26/22
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Sophonie Jean Baptiste was in the family’s second-floor apartment the day in 2010 when an earthquake rocked her native Haiti....
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05/11/22
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Editor’s note: This student profile first appeared on Step Up For Students’ Marketing blog. Dylan Quessenberry was 15 when he...
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