. >> that's where we find abc7 news reporter katie marcullo who is live. >> reporter: ama and dan, she parked her car here on friday night like she always does. this is the closest flat spot to her home which is about a hundred feet up the road. when she came back out on saturday morning it was gone. she is the after school drama director and it was not that long ago she was a student here herself. >> i was walking and i was a tap dancer and theater kid. >> reporter: everything changed when she was 17. she had a tumor removed from her spinal cord and hasn't been walking ever since. >> i am able to open the car myself and put the ramp out and roll up the ramp in my chair and then transfer to the driver's seat. >> reporter: total freedom allowing her to get to and from her job at the high school and san jose university where she is majoring in drama. >> it is more my independence was stolen and not so much the car. >> reporter: the element was taken from her scots valley home and devastating her family. >> she said, mom now it is time for me to fly now. i can do it with this car. to have

. >> that's where we find abc7 news reporter katie marcullo who is live. >> reporter: ama and dan, she parked her car here on friday night like she always does. this is the closest flat spot to her home which is about a hundred feet up the road. when she came back out on saturday morning it was gone. she is the after school drama director and it was not that long ago she was a student here herself. >> i was walking and i was a tap dancer and theater kid. >> reporter: everything changed when she was 17. she had a tumor removed from her spinal cord and hasn't been walking ever since. >> i am able to open the car myself and put the ramp out and roll up the ramp in my chair and then transfer to the driver's seat. >> reporter: total freedom allowing her to get to and from her job at the high school and san jose university where she is majoring in drama. >> it is more my independence was stolen and not so much the car. >> reporter: the element was taken from her scots valley home and devastating her family. >> she said, mom now it is time for me to fly now. i can do it with this car. to have