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1/ This week crowds will assemble in Washington, D.C. under the banner #IamVanessa Guillen. A team @HoustonChron spent weeks exploring the 20-year-old Houstonian’s life, death and legacy. Our @GabMoBanks continues the thread: https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
2/ Vanessa Guillén pursued her dreams with rare discipline. The 5-foot-2 soccer player went toe-to-toe in the high school weight room with boys. She outran her track coach. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
3/ She pushed her teammates and egged them on, with an in-your-face humor that caught people off guard. Or outright stopped them in their tracks. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
4/ She never complained or quit anything she started, one coach said. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
5/ Boys were taken with her. But she opted to go prom with her best friend. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
6/ She wanted to be a soldier since childhood. She seemed to love it at first. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
7/ When things appeared to be going downhill, no one, not even her beloved mother, could convince her to quit. https://chrn.cl/39utG1I
8/ When the Houston native disappeared two years into her service, a 70-day search began by land and air across Central Texas. Her gruesome death on home soil inspired an array of original corridos on both sides of the border. Here’s our curated playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_RVUvv7swxv1OuNHYBS8e7DAXQMw2Tt0
9/ Murals popped up in Houston, San Antonio, Fort Hood, Fort Worth and Washington, D.C., with one artist calling for 20 murals, one for each year of her life. https://chrn.cl/2OZixN1
10/ A movement rose up, highlighting deep concerns among women of color, women in the military and immigrant families. This week supporters gather for the #IamVanessa march in Washington. Her family will meet with @realDonaldTrump. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
11/ Reporting by @GabMoBanks with @oliviaptallet @hdellingermedia also led to new information about Spc. Aaron David, the man accused in her slaying, his relationship with Cecily Ann Aguilar, accused of helping mutilate and hide Guillén’s body. https://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
12/ Our deep dive features breathtaking images by @MarieDennise, video by @LauraDuclosHC, with design by @fotojaz and @stephanierlamm with @jkarnickihc and stellar editing by @lbeththomas. http://chrn.cl/3jIeS4f
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