teacher she was and so i requested for her to be makennas teacher that year or this year and makenna had a wonderful year and she was growing and i mean she really was having a great year and and miss garcia was an amazing teacher amazing elrod said and i know that she that when she left this earth that she was being held by miss garcia and she was trying to protect her more the story behind these handmade benches for uvalde victims will give you hope when people remember makenna elrod wants them to remember her daughters bright smile and welcoming demeanor as well as her faith they hope her spirit lives on through a butterfly garden near their home as well as the memorials of her scattered throughout the city i feel like were gonna keep makennas memory alive because were gonna love big like makenna did elrod said additional reporting by jenny wagnon courts