Join us in celebrating Dekoda, a proud Pace graduate and member of our Girls Leadership Council. A natural role model and leader among her peers, Dekoda is now preparing for her next chapter after graduating from high school: joining the U.S. Navy and pursuing her dream of becoming a welder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked how Pace helped her face life\u2019s challenges, Dekoda shared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learned that I can accomplish my goals and get through anything if I put my mind to it. I know I\u2019m tough as nails\u2014and I\u2019m in charge of my life. No one is more important than me, and I deserve to make myself a priority.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dekoda\u2019s strength, determination, and confidence remind us all of what\u2019s possible when girls are supported to rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join us in celebrating Dekoda, a proud Pace graduate and member of our Girls Leadership Council. A natural role model and leader among her peers, Dekoda is now preparing for her next chapter after graduating from high school: joining the U.S. Navy and pursuing her dream of becoming a welder. When asked how Pace helped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Dekoda, Proud Pace Girl","_seopress_titles_desc":"Dekoda is now preparing for her next chapter after graduating from high school: joining the U.S. Navy and pursuing her dream of becoming a welder.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"post_tag":[75],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-girls","tag-pace-polk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacecenter.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}