Alithia was one of the 21 victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Now, Google is celebrating her life byfeaturing the fourth grader’s submissionto the 2022 contest.
Alithia’s delightful drawing shows a girl sitting on a couch with her cat.
Photo: Google
Doodle for Googleis an annual contest now in its 14th year.
The competition asks students from kindergarten to high school to submit an artwork based on a specific theme.
Fifty-four national and territorial winners were selected and then Google users voted for five finalists.
National finalists receive a $5,000 scholarship and the overall winner will be awarded a $30,000 scholarship.
They’ll also see their work featured on Google.com.
Alithia’s grandmother, Rosa Maria Ramirez, recalls her granddaughter preparing her drawing for theDoodle for Googlecontest.
She loved to draw.
She was real sweet, never getting into trouble.
She was drawing to be able to put her drawing in the Google.
She was trying to win the Google [contest].
