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Nika Maples
Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year, author, and stroke survivor
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Nika Maples
Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year, author, and stroke survivor
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Dallas, TX, US
About Nika Maples
Nika Maples, a native Texan, never thought she would become a teacher. By her sophomore year in college God revealed other plans
In 1994, a lupus-induced stroke left Nika quadriplegic. She could not speak, swallow, or blink. In intensive care, she listened as physicians warned her family that she had as little as 48 hours to live. If she lived at all, they said, she could be expected to remain unresponsive. She had lost all functionality and had no hope of recovery, so doctors suggested ...