{"id":141944,"date":"2025-08-15T14:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/?p=141944"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:39:56","slug":"celebrating-julia-2025-rubys-rainbow-ro-atchison-scholarship-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/2025\/08\/15\/celebrating-julia-2025-rubys-rainbow-ro-atchison-scholarship-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Julia: 2025 Ruby\u2019s Rainbow Ro Atchison Scholarship Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are excited to share that GiGi\u2019s Playhouse New Orleans participant and volunteer, Julia DiRe, has been awarded the <strong>2025 Ruby\u2019s Rainbow Ro Atchison Scholarship<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am honored to receive the Ruby\u2019s Rainbow Ro Atchison scholarship.&nbsp; It really means a lot to me!&nbsp; This makes me feel confident for you to believe in me and my dreams and goals.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruby&#8217;s Rainbow\u2019s mission is to \u201csupport students rockin\u2019 that extra chromosome in achieving their dreams of higher education and independence, while spreading awareness of their capabilities and general awesomeness!\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam Atchison, mom to 3-year-old Ro, traveled to New Orleans from Texas so that she could surprise Julia with her scholarship in person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-with-Sam-Atchison-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-with-Sam-Atchison-Blog.jpg 286w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-with-Sam-Atchison-Blog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a wonderful note to Julia, the Atchison family wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis award was given in honor of our daughter, Aurora (\u201cRo\u201d), whose bright spirit and resilient heart remind us every day that <em>anything<\/em> is possible.&nbsp; Like you, she is a trailblazer, and we created this scholarship to celebrate and support the dreams of people with Down Syndrome who are breaking barriers and living boldly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia was so happy to meet Ruby\u2019s Rainbow co-founder and mom to Ruby, Liz Plachta, during last month\u2019s National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) conference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-and-Liz-Plachta-Founder-of-Rubys-Rainbow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-and-Liz-Plachta-Founder-of-Rubys-Rainbow.jpg 279w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/files\/2025\/08\/Julia-and-Liz-Plachta-Founder-of-Rubys-Rainbow-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia recently started her 2nd year at St. Michael\u2019s Exploration Academy where she will continue building her skills and pursuing her dreams!\u00a0\u00a0<br>To learn more about Ruby\u2019s Rainbow please visit their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/rubysrainbow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rubysrainbow.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to share that GiGi\u2019s Playhouse New Orleans participant and volunteer, Julia DiRe, has been awarded the 2025 Ruby\u2019s Rainbow Ro Atchison Scholarship! \u201cI am honored to receive the Ruby\u2019s Rainbow Ro Atchison scholarship.&nbsp; It really means a lot to me!&nbsp; This makes me feel confident for you to believe in me and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/neworleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}