Google Honors Uvalde School Shooting Victim – RisePEI

Google is honoring a sufferer of the college capturing in Uvalde, Texas, by that includes a drawing by her on a devoted memorial web page.

In March, Alithia Haven Ramirez submitted a drawing as a part of the Doodle for Google contest, which permits youngsters to compete to have their work displayed on the search engine’s homepage. The work that the 10-year-old despatched in contains a lady and her pet sitting on a settee, with the phrase “Google” spelled out on the wall behind them.

“I need the world to see my artwork and present the world what I can do, I need folks to be glad after they see my ardour in artwork,” Ramirez, who needed to be an artist, wrote in her submission.

In Might, a gunman opened fireplace in Robb Elementary College, killing Ramirez and 18 different youngsters, together with two adults.

“She was a really gifted little lady. She cherished to attract. She was actual candy, by no means stepping into bother,” Alithia’s grandmother Rosa Maria Ramirez mentioned in an interview with ABC News. “She was drawing to have the ability to put her drawing within the Google. She was attempting to win the Google [contest].”

Whereas Ramirez’s piece didn’t advance to the competition’s closing rounds, Google highlighted her work by displaying it on a particular web page meant to honor her and different victims of the capturing.

“In Alithia Ramirez’s 2022 Doodle for Google submission, she described her need to point out the world her artwork and all the things she will be able to do, and we’re dedicated to honoring these needs and her legacy,” Google spokesperson Colette Garcia explained to CNN. “Her story and artwork profoundly touched us, and we needed to honor her household’s request to share her distinctive abilities that have been so tragically taken because of mindless violence.”

Moreover, President Joe Biden vowed to hold one in every of Alithia’s drawings within the White Home when he visited Uvalde.

Now in its 14th yr, the Doodle for Google contest invitations children to submit drawings that, if chosen, could possibly be displayed on Google.com. This yr’s theme is self-care, and the competitors was overseen by actress-singer Selena Gomez, psychological well being activist Elyse Fox, and 2021 trainer of the yr Juliana Urtubey. After narrowing the submissions right down to 54 state and territorial winners, Google customers voted on 5 finalists.

The nationwide finalists, who every obtain a $5,000 faculty scholarship, will probably be chosen on July 28. The winner, who will probably be introduced subsequent month, will take dwelling a $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 expertise package deal for his or her faculty, amongst different prizes; their art work may even seem as a Google Doodle for twenty-four hours.

Google Doodles extra typically honor established figures; previous ones paid homage to artists corresponding to Rosa Bonheur, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and Pacita Abad. They’ve additionally been used to commemorate dates, occasions, and holidays.