'I do use a bunch of cheap products, from Walmart, Five Below or Dollar Tree,' the 17-year-old said of the art supplies she uses to create her work
The artwork of a San Fernando teenager now hangs in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. after she won a prestigious art contest, and her winning piece was created using supplies from the Dollar Store.
Vigil said those demands weren't placed on the boys in her family or in most Latino homes she knows. The 17-year-old created the painting in just a day, using supplies that she could afford. She now lives in the U.S. with her grandmother to pursue her education, thousands of miles from her mom and dad back in El Salvador. Vigil attends Mission High School in San Fernando. It's a continuation high school and it serves some of the poorest and most at-risk students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
That's when the Mission High School Principal got an idea and encouraged the 17-year-old to enter her painting in a Congressional art competition. Congressman Tony Cardenas ended up choosing"In You We Trust" as his district's winner. The message of the painting resonated with the Valley native.
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