Ava meets Rhodes Scholar, Sarah Schulman!

I met Sarah when she was attending Travis HS in South Austin. She has long been an advocate for children's health issues and when she was not even a teenager began lobbying our State Legislature to strengthen laws and penalties for individuals caught selling tobacco to minors. She was also well know for helping local advocates pass the original 1994 City of Austin ordinance that restricts smoking in public places. Yea! A girl after my own heart. Her attention to these issues so many years ago has allot to do with why reducing the influence of tobacco is a priority in our community and why we have one of the strongest city ordinances in the state restricting smoking in public places. I have always loved and admired her vision, enthusiasm and forward thinking. She graduated from Travis HS at the tender age of 16 and left Texas to attend Stanford University. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and a Master of Arts in Education Policy she was accepted as a Rhodes Scholar and is currently half way through pursuing her Doctorate at Oxford University. When she comes to Austin to visit her parents it is so nice to see her. The last time we saw each other I was eight months pregnant. This time, she got to meet Ava who is eight months old.