Alex and his dad debate who is more famous before Alex gives his speech. Alex wins.
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Laughter erupted as Alex and his dad traded jokes.
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Alex greeted Dr. Ellen Connor, one of his doctors from when he was growing up.
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Alex with Jeff Poltawsky, Sr. V.P. of AFCH along with Dr. Ellen Connor.
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Alex alongside
Hopeful Heart, his first painting in the series,
Paintings of Love to Bring Hope and Healing.
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Alex standing beside
Bold and Courageous, his second in the series,
Paintings of Love to Bring Hope and Healing.
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Alex with Senior Art Coordinator, Amanda Kron, from AFCH who commissioned the series of paintings.
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Alex with Brian, a co-worker and good friend from Orbitec.
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Alex with friends from Murphy Desmond.
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Alex with Julie, family friend since high school.
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Alex with his health care team when he was at AFCH.
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Alex and his good buddy Todd, one of his art collectors.
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Alex with Gabby, his Best Buddy from UW Chapter.
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Alex with Sarah from Overture Center for the Arts. Sarah has helped facilitate many of the Broadway shows Alex has taken his friends to.
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Alex with Eileen, his first speech therapist and James, his theater buddy.
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Alex with Gary Klein, V.P. for Institutional Advancement at Edgewood College.
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Alex with classmates Olivia and Missy from Cutting-Edge Program at Edgewood College.
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Alex with his highschool teacher, Mrs. Kammer.
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Alex with Scott Flanagan, President of Edgewood College.
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Alex and Cathy Olstrom, his first art mentor who started his journey into visual art.
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Alex loves giving his speeches and making people happy.
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Alex talked about his paintings and process to a room full of friends and encouragers.
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Melissa, Alex's sister, has been his constant inspiration and encourager.
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Alex thanking his mother for all her support through the years.
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Alex's classmates from Cutting-Edge Program at Edgewood College came out to cheer him on.
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Alex with Ted DeDee, Pres. of Overture Center for the Arts. Alex uses a significant portion of his art sales to take people with disabilities to Broadway shows at the Overture Center.
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Alex with his art mentor, Chris Hindle.
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Alex with Nancy Whitinger his highschool transition teacher who said yes to Alex being an artist for his career.
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Alex with Christy Knutowski his grade school teacher from 1st through 5th grade. Thank you Mrs. K.
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Alex speaking with his boss, Jim Harris from Orbitec
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Alex jokes with Matt N. one of his collectors.
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Alex was interviewed by two local media stations, WISC and WMTV.
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Alex with his mom and dad and sister, Melissa.
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