She may look frightening but her daily life is just like other ordinary girls.   

Jacqueline Rodriguez is a 16-year-old girl who was born with a rare facial tumor called 'lymphatic malformations'.

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She may look frightening but her daily life is just like other ordinary girls.

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Now she proves the doctors wrong.

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Even though she has to eat through a formula tube and speak through an iPad, this brave and optimistic girl learns guitar and plays tennis, just like what other ordinary girls do.

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She was diagnosed by the doctors that she wouldn't live to see her first birthday.

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Now she proves the doctors wrong.

Although the tumor stops her from eating and speaking and makes her look a little bit fearful, she managed to survive and live with hope.

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Even though she has to eat through a formula tube and speak through an iPad, this brave and optimistic girl learns guitar and plays tennis, just like what other ordinary girls do. 

Jacqueline likes helping people and she wants to be a nurse to realize this wish.

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