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>
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<p>As part of the University of Houston-Victoria’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>“Victoria is a small community; it reminds me of home,” she said. “I feel like I will learn better in a smaller school than in a bigger school.”</p>