Cazares was apprehensive, but once she started speaking, the nerves dissipated. But at a June rally, a March for Our Lives official encouraged her to take the mic. “I would’ve waited a little longer, honestly,” to get involved in advocacy following the May 24 massacre, she said. “I didn’t really plan on activism,” Cazares told ABC News from her Uvalde bedroom, which is filled with her original artwork and an extensive collection of crystals. Like the Parkland High School teens who came before her, Cazares is channeling her anger and heartbreak into advocacy. Two teachers were also slain in the May 24 massacre.
She can get bored easily, loves to sleep in and dotes on her attention-seeking dog.īut since June, she’s been spending 30 to 40 hours a week pushing for gun reform in her red home state.Ĭazares’ 9-year-old sister, Jackie, and 10-year-old cousin, Annabell Rodriguez, were two of the 19 children shot and killed with an AR-15-style rifle at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
(UVALDE, Texas) - In some ways, 17-year-old high school senior Jazmin Cazares is like so many other teenagers.
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