Olivia Centola, a student at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, helped her mom, Shannon, overcome a medical emergency during the holidays.

A student at Holy Spirit Prep Lower School, Olivia Centola, helped save her mother’s life over the holidays.

While driving down to Florida for Christmas, Olivia’s mother, Shannon, had what was later called by doctors a “mini-stroke.” Olivia helped her mother pull over safely, called 911 on one cell phone and her father on a second, then walked her mom through some breathing exercises to keep her calm until medics arrived.

According to the school, a substitute teacher talked to the kids about centering prayer, using breathing to calm yourself down. Olivia used what she learned from her substitute to help her mother through the stroke until emergency workers showed up.