{"id":224118,"date":"2020-05-26T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T21:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=224118"},"modified":"2020-05-26T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:38:24","slug":"woman-down-syndrome-history-college-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-down-syndrome-history-college-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman with Down syndrome makes history with college graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anna Rose Rubright, a young woman with Down syndrome, is making history for being the first person with Down syndrome to receive a college degree from Rowan University in New Jersey\u2014and it’s not the first time she’s broken the boundaries set before her.<\/p>\n

According to her mother, Rubright has always had drive. \u201cShe thinks for herself and does her own thing,\u201d Lin Rubright told CBS Philly<\/a>. \u201cWhen she decides to do something, she goes all the way.\u201d And for Rubright herself, there was no doubt she would finish her degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a rule follower and I stick to that rule,\u201d she said in an interview CBS Philly. And she did well, too; Rubright graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in radio, television, and film, as well as a minor in journalism. Her GPA was an impressive 3.426. But it’s entirely in character for this trailblazer.<\/p>\n