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“So after she passed I wanted to find a way to help fundraise for a cure and I thought that combining music with this, especially as a musician myself, would be a special way to honor specifically her memory but also help everyone else in the process,” Ruston, La. senior Carlie Toliver said.

“Although this music is a symbol of the Hispanic culture, its songs are enjoyed all over the world because of their ability to integrate our deepest emotions with music,” Herrera said. “Mariachi is our happiness, sadness, pride and love, told through music that directly touches our hearts.”

When Sadler was in kindergarten, she struggled to hear her teacher, causing her grades to be low. She said she was told by an audiologist and ENT that she was hard of hearing — more specifically, she was deaf in her left ear.

“The only thing that I have consistently done is music,” Obevoen said. “Since I was about five, I started playing guitar; then I taught myself how to play piano, drums, bass, a little violin and ukulele.”