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University of Texas - Austin sophomore Katelan Crowder, 19, poses for a photo at the Ellen Noël Art Museum's temporary exhibit hall in the Presidential Museum and Leadership Library in Odessa. Crowder, an Odessa native, is studying design at UT-Austin and interning with the museum through UT-Austin's Home to Texas program. (Credit: Jacob Ford for The Texas Tribune)

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ODESSA — Katelan Crowder woke up in her childhood bedroom. Her dog, Daisy, was still snoring.