Poetry, welding, nursing ... but first, Tuscany
Cassandra Yazzie is the single mother of two-year-old Lithario Thompson. Yazzie recently won a scholarship through National Geographic and will attend a technical college in Denver later this year.  © 2011 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

By Richard Reyes
Staff writer

GALLUP — Cassandra Yazzie is going to Tuscany, Italy, proving to herself and setting the example for others, that anything is possible.

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