Valeria of Honduras — The Girl Who Practices One More Time

Valeria of Honduras — The Girl Who Practices One More Time

Age: 12     Region: South America

Valeria does not believe in luck.

This occasionally makes conversations difficult.

“You were lucky.”

“No.”

“That shot was lucky.”

“No.”

“It hit the very edge of the line.”

“I know.”

“So you were lucky.”

Valeria looks at her cousin Diego.

“I was aiming there.”

Diego laughs.

This is a mistake.

Valeria picks up the shuttlecock.

“Stand over there.”

“I don't want to.”

“Stand over there.”

Diego knows that tone.

He stands over there.

Valeria serves.

The shuttlecock sails across the yard and lands near his feet.

Again.

Same place.

Again.

Same place.

Diego looks down.

Then at Valeria.

She raises one eyebrow.

He leaves.

Valeria considers the matter resolved.

She loves badminton.

Not because she's particularly graceful.

She isn't.

She has run into the net.

Tripped over her own feet.

Hit herself in the shoulder with her racket.

Once, during a particularly enthusiastic backswing, she knocked a towel off the clothesline and wore it over her head for several seconds.

Her grandmother laughed so hard she had to sit down...

Her Dream: Valeria dreams of competing on courts around the world.

Her Wonder: “How many times can ‘one more try’ change what you thought you couldn't do?”

Discover Valeria’s complete story in Girls Wear Crowns: Empowering Dreams.

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