By Ruth Ann Ruiz

The Post Newspaper Features Editor

It seemed like I would never find a parking space at the Moody Gardens Convention Center Friday. In all my years of attending the women’s conference, I have never had to drive up to the sixth level of the parking garage. The necessity of having to do so was the first indicator that the 18th annual Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce Women’s Conference was well-attended.

Stepping into the foyer of the convention center, I and everyone who passed was greeted by an energetic, cheerful young woman who handed each person a flyer from the Christina Sullivan Foundation.

The name of that woman is Samantha. She is 23 years old and has aged out of the public school system. Though Samantha will never age out of her developmental limitations,

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