(Anne-Marie
McReynolds / Mercury News)
Published Sunday, February 6,
2005, in the San Jose Mercury News
in
addition to a new laptop computer that will help her with her college
schoolwork, 21-year-old Cornisha Williams received something more
precious after her courageous story appeared in the Mercury News.
It's called self-esteem.
"I hope my story has touched people and let them know that they
can do anything that they put their minds to,'' said Cornisha, who
has risen beyond loss, hard times and years in the foster-care system
to steer herself toward promising tomorrows.
Wish Book donations are helping fulfill Cornisha's dream to study
music. She has enrolled at the Community School of Music and Arts
in Mountain View and is thrilled to be taking weekly private voice
lessons with instructor Kaye DeVries in addition to adding her sweet
voice to the school's World Harmony Chorus.
"When I sing, I am so happy,'' said Cornisha. ""It is an outlet
for my pain. It is hope for my future.''
And she's on her way to having a bright new smile. Los Altos dentist
Paul Chiu and San Jose oral surgeon Mitchell Day stepped up to perform
preliminary dental work to prepare her for braces that will close
the gap in Cornisha's front teeth É something she has been self-conscious
about all her life.
Said Cornisha: ""My lip was as big as two tubes of lipstick and
I could barely talk, but that was one of the happiest days of my
life.''
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