A bus driver brought a little bit of joy to a young girl's life by helping her to braid her hair every day after her mother passed away.

After Isabella Pieri's mother passed from a rare illness there was no one able to style the 11-year-old's hair every morning until her school bus driver Tracy Dean started offering to braid the little girl's hair, KSL TV reported.

The little girl from Alpine, Utah, always wanted her hair done for school but neither she nor her dad knew how to do it until Tracy came along and gave Isabella a surge of confidence.

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Sparking joy: A bus driver brought a little bit of joy to young girl Isabella Pieri's life by helping her to braid her hair every day after her mother passed away

Angel bus driver: After the 11-year-old's mother passed from a rare illness there was no one able to do Isabella's hair until school bus driver Tracy Dean (pictured) offered to do it

Mother figure: Tracy braids Isabella's hair every morning and now the little girl looks forward to going to school

Tracy braids Isabella's hair every morning and told KLS, 'You can't be shy, you've got to talk to them. You treat them like your own kids, you know.'

The kind act of braiding her hair has impacted the little girl immensely and she gushed about Tracy, 'It makes me feel like she's a mom pretty much to me.

'And it makes me excited for the next day to see what she does,' the little girl shared.

Isabella's dad, Philip Pieri got emotional when he spoke about how thankful he was for Tracy's good deed.

'Tracy didn't have to step up, but she stepped up to help out, I was amazed,' he expressed.

Before Tracy came along, Philip has always struggled with Isabella's hair and he even admitted that when his wife first passed he originally gave his daughter a crew cut.

'I originally just gave her a crew cut because I didn't know how and it was all tangled and I couldn't get it out for anything,' he shared.

Thankful father: Isabella's dad, Philip Pieri got emotional when he spoke about how thankful he was for Tracy's good deed

Short hair cut: Philip admitted that he didn't know what to do with Isabella's hair and it kept getting tangled so he just gave her a crew cut

Heartbreaking: Isabella's mother passed away two years ago and the little girl has had no one to teach her how to style her hair

Morning routine: When Isabella wakes up she quickly brushes her hair and throws it into a ponytail

Excited: She is so excited to get to the bus and have Tracy do her hair every day before school

Like a mom: Isabella gushed about Tracy saying that when she braids her hair, 'It makes me feel like she's a mom pretty much to me'

After Isabella's hair grew back in following the short crew cut, she began just brushing her hair out quickly and throwing it back in a ponytail because that's all she knew how to do.

Now, Isabella is rocking a different hairstyle every day and never knows what she's going to get that morning.

Each day is different when it comes to Tracy's style as she'll sometimes do one braid or double braids and adding a pink flower to the ponytail at the end.

The reason for Tracy's kindness and generosity is the fact that she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and has kids of her own.

She told the local news that she thought about this when she got sick and even admitted thinking, 'Who is going to take care of my little ones?'

Cancer survivor: he reason for Tracy's kindness and generosity is the fact that she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and has kids of her own that she worried about

Hair salon: It started off with Tracy braiding all the other girls' hair and Isabella was too shy to ask at first but eventually got the courage to ask and is quite happy she did

Braiding: 'It makes me feel happy that they are happy,' Tracy admitted about braiding her students' hair

Loving her look: Ever since Tracy began styling Isabella's hair she has gained a lot more confidence and both her father and teachers are noticing

'Not that my husband couldn't do it but you know, that's what moms do. They do their kids' hair,' she continued.

Ever since Tracy began styling Isabella's hair she has gained a lot more confidence and both her father and teachers are noticing.

One of her teacher's even admitted, 'Her head was a little higher that morning and she had a little more of a step,' about Isabella wearing her first braid to school.

It's not just Isabella's hair that Tracy braids - she actually does all of the girls' hair on the bus to school.

It started off with Tracy braiding all the other girls' hair and Isabella was too shy to ask at first but eventually got the courage to ask and is quite happy she did.

'It makes me feel happy that they are happy,' Tracy admitted about braiding her students' hair.