SVVSD student ambassadors present dyslexia self-advocacy workshop

Lizzie Horton, a Silver Creek High School senior, said dyslexia “wasn’t a thing other kids knew about” when she was in elementary school, and she struggled.

Though she was a “really, really shy” student, she ended up joining Colorado’s Yes! Ambassadors group in sixth grade when more students were needed for a panel. Now the president of the St. Vrain Valley group, she’s become a dyslexia advocate, mentor and confident public speaker.