{"id":26079,"global_id":"inprinthouston.org?id=26079","global_id_lineage":["inprinthouston.org?id=26079"],"author":"21","status":"publish","date":"2018-05-23 11:53:59","date_utc":"2018-05-23 16:53:59","modified":"2018-08-20 15:02:47","modified_utc":"2018-08-20 20:02:47","url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/event\/inprint-cool-brains-series-presents-sylvia-acevedo\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/26079","title":"Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents Sylvia Acevedo","description":"<blockquote><p><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-26081\" src=\"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Website-version-Path-to-the-Stars-9781328809568-2-300x443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"303\" \/><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>100 free copies of\u00a0<\/strong><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Path to the Stars<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0given out to families via a drawing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Presentation and audience Q&amp;A with Sylvia Acevedo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book sale, signing*, meet the author<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Bus scholarships available for student groups, contact\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"mailto:info@inprinthouston.org\">info@inprinthouston.org.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Order a copy of\u00a0<\/strong><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Path to the Stars <\/strong><\/em><strong>from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewillowbookshop.com\/event\/inprint-cool-brains-presents-sylvia-acevedo\">Blue Willow Bookshop<\/a> and pick it up at the event<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council info booth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Free and open to the public<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1412087485560226\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to view the Facebook invite and <a href=\"https:\/\/inprinthouston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cool-Brains-Series-Flyer.pdf\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> to download a flier<\/p>\n<p><em>Path to the Stars <\/em>is\u00a0a memoir for young readers from the inspiring CEO of the Girl Scouts, Sylvia Acevedo. In it, Acevedo retraces her journey as a young girl in an underprivileged New Mexico neighborhood to her present triumph as an accomplished scientist and national leader.<\/p>\n<p>Where Sylvia\u00a0was growing up, many girls were not graduating from high school, let alone going to college from her community.\u00a0Sylvia\u2019s story of overcoming obstacles with confidence, hard work, and education is an inspirational tale. 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