Danielle Bailey saw greatness in Ava Moore when she was a seventh grader.

Bailey was Moore's teacher in advanced English and language arts at Trinity Springs Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas. For 90 minutes a day, double the time of a standard class, Bailey had the pleasure of teaching what she called a wild class of chatty and silly students who became a small family. But even among those in an advanced course, Moore stood out.

"She was tremendously funny even in seventh grade. She was kind and witty and inquisitive and curious about the world around her and just ridiculously smart," Bailey said.

"She was meant to be a world changer and she knew it."

Like many teachers, Bailey kept an eye on her pupil long after the school year ended. An Air Force veteran herself, Bailey wasn't surp

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