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<\/p>\nNevaeh Money feared the worst when her sister stopped breathing. In April, the 15-year-old saw her sister, Makia Davis, in the throes of a seizure on their living room floor. Nevaeh alerted their mother, Laquita Jackson, and their brother, and she called 911.<\/p>\n
Fearing her eldest daughter was dead, Jackson tried to give her CPR. Nevaeh checked Makia\u2019s pulse and airway. There was no beat beneath her skin. The unconscious Makia was going into cardiac arrest, Nevaeh recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that moment, I sort of blanked out everything,\u201d Nevaeh said.<\/p>\n
Nevaeh made sure her sister\u2019s body was flat. She pushed compressions into her sister\u2019s chest to provide oxygen to her brain. She stayed by Makia\u2019s side as the paramedics arrived. They got a pulse before they transported Makia to the hospital, where she regained her ability to breathe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t thinking of what to do, how to do it,\u201d Nevaeh said, \u201cI just did it, because I knew I didn\u2019t have time to think. \u2026 I was trying not to cry. I was trying not to scream.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevaeh Money, 15, and sister Makia Davis, 16, sit on a park bench for an interview with the Dallas Morning News near Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on July 17, 2025 in Dallas.<\/p>\n
Angela Piazza \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n
Educators from Nevaeh\u2019s school, the Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute, and officials from Baylor Scott & White Health say the rising sophomore\u2019s actions illustrate how providing early health care education to aspiring medical students creates first responders in families and neighborhoods, providing community benefits long before students enter the workforce.<\/p>\n
The hands-on programs transform students from passive learners into confident young professionals, and abstract classroom lessons become practical skills, according to officials from Uplift and Baylor Scott & White Health. The training extends beyond career preparation, giving students a sense of purpose in community service, officials say.<\/p>\n
When young people like Nevaeh master these techniques, officials say these young people develop the competence and confidence to act in critical moments, knowing they possess the knowledge to make a meaningful difference when it matters most.<\/p>\n
Makia, 16, called the incident a \u201cblur\u201d because she doesn\u2019t remember having the seizure. But she said she\u2019s impressed with her sister\u2019s abilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for my sister saving my life, I probably would\u2019ve had a funeral by now,\u201d Makia said.<\/p>\n
Jackson says she\u2019s always wanted her children to become a lawyer, a law enforcement official and a health care professional. The incident brought their family closer together and made them more alert and cautious about each other\u2019s well-being, she said.<\/p>\n
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Laquita Jackson, right, speaks to daughter Makia Davis, 16, during an interview with the Dallas Morning News at a park near Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on July 17, 2025 in Dallas.<\/p>\n
Angela Piazza \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n
With the incident behind them, the family is now using the experience to urge people to learn more skills to help their loved ones \u2013 whether it\u2019s CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, or how to use an EpiPen, to name a few.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you can learn something simple \u2026 just do it, because you never know when you may need it,\u201d said Jackson, who called Nevaeh\u2019s schooling \u201cone of the best things to happen\u201d to their family.<\/p>\n
Nevaeh is one of the first 161 9th graders who enrolled at the Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute. The students began their training, which included CPR, as middle school graduates at the Baylor Scott & White Health administrative building.<\/p>\n
When the Uplift Education charter school network opened the health care-focused high school in August 2024, they aspired to create future professionals. But the experts involved say Nevaeh\u2019s courageous split-second actions transcend typical teenage achievements, considering she only began acquiring these skills last May.<\/p>\n
Bloomberg Philanthropies selected Uplift Education and health care provider Baylor Scott & White Health as one of the 10 education and health care partners nationwide to receive a $14.9 million grant. Their partnership resulted in the Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute, housed in the Hamon Foundation building in West Dallas.<\/p>\n
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