Google honored this Monday a girl who died in the shooting at the Robb first school in Uvalde (Texas) by publishing the drawing that the minor sent to the doodle contest
for
the internet search engine.
Alithia Haven Ramírez, 10, participated in the national
Doodle for Google 2022
competition , which each year encourages young artists to create designs for their famous website header.
Alithia Haven Ramirez, age 10, submitted this drawing to Google.doodles.google.com
Ramírez, who dreamed of studying art in Paris (France), sent a drawing featuring a girl curled up on a sofa with her pet, a puppy holding what looks like a teddy bear.
Artwork hanging on the wall spells out the word "Google."
Her initials, AR, appear in purple on the right.
Google also shared the message that the young woman wrote for her design to be considered: "I want the world to see my art and show the world what I can do, I want people to be happy when they see my passion for art."
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His drawings at the White House
Ramírez was one of 19 victims in the May 24 shooting.
A day later, actor Matthew McConaughey, born in Uvalde, met with families of victims, including those of Ramírez.
McConaughey shows a portrait drawn by Ramírez. Evan Vucci / AP
Her parents, Ryan and Jessica Ramírez, shared with him their daughter's passion for art and showed him some of their drawings.
Days later, McConaughey showed one of the drawings during his visit to the White House, asking Congress to take measures to prevent shootings.
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"Ryan and Jessica were excited to share Alithia's art with us and said if we could share it, somehow maybe that would make Alithia smile in heaven," said the actor.
"We were told that showing Alithia's art to someone else would somehow keep her alive," he added.