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Aspiring student dances way to success

Monday, July 19, 2010 | By Paula Cobler
<p>Elvira Chavez loves to dance. The graduate of the Idea Academy in Donna, Texas, was a member of her school dance team and dreams of owning her own dance studio after she finishes college.</p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" style="bordercollapse: collapse;" width="100"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><img alt="Elvira Chavez" src="images/Uploads/students/ElviraChavez.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; float: right;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><font size="1">Elvira Chavez</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>As part of the University of Houston-Victoria&rsquo;s FIRST 200, Chavez plans to earn degrees in education and nursing. She wants to be a nurse as well as a dance teacher.</p> <p>She chose UHV because the university and town were both the right size.</p> <p>&ldquo;Victoria is a small community; it reminds me of home,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I feel like I will learn better in a smaller school than in a bigger school.&rdquo;</p>