BELLEVUE, Neb. (KMTV) — A Bellevue West student has secured an honor never before awarded to anyone at her school.
Esperanza Garcia created this original hand-drawn work of cats playing cards and was selected as a runner-up in a congressional art competition.
Congressman Mike Flood went to the school Monday to meet Garcia.
She drew the piece for a friend, but submitted it in the long-running competition after her art teacher encouraged her.
"She had just told me about this competition and asked if I wanted to try it because I just finished this drawing, and said you know, sure, why not? And a lot hapened,” said Garcia, who is a senior.
As a runner-up, Esperanza's drawing will hang in Congressman Flood's office in Washington D.C.. After graduation, she'll attend an arts college in Georgia.
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