(CNN) A 10-year-old girl who was born without hands has proven that she can complete tasks as well as anyone else -- if not better.

With a neatly written cursive sample, Sara Hinesley earned the Nicholas Maxim Award in the 2019 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.

The award is given to a student with a cognitive delay, or an intellectual, physical or developmental disability. The judges were occupational therapists.

Sara holds a pencil between the ends of her arms to write. The third grader at St. John's Regional Catholic School in Frederick, Maryland, said when her teacher first taught her how to write in cursive, she found she had a natural talent for it.

"I thought it was easy, and I practiced at school," Sara said.

A sample from Sara Hinesley's contest entry.

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