Uvalde in Their Own Words: Victim's sister vows to 'not back down'
When Jazmin Cazares graduates high school this spring, she won't have her little sister, Jackie, there to cheer her on. When Jazmin Cazares graduates high school this spring, she won't have her little sister , Jackie, there to cheer her on. Jackie, a 9-year-old who adored her big sister , was among the 19 students and two teachers killed in the May 2022 elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. In the year that followed, Jazmin channeled her pain into activism. She has balanced her classwork with gun reform advocacy, which included testifying in front of Texas lawmakers and speaking alongside the March for Our Lives leaders. Uvalde:365 is a continuing ABC News series reported from Uvalde and focused on the Texas community and how it forges on in the shadow of tragedy. MORE: Uvalde in Focus: The Kids of Robb Elementary She was my little sister . She just wanted to be grown up. I just don't understand how badly these people [politicians and law enforcement] failed u...