LEXINGTON, S.C. – Ava Shahbahrami recently graduated from the University of South Carolina Aiken and is starting her career at a pediatric speech and occupational therapy center.
Shahbahrami, who has Down syndrome, began working at Joy in the Journey in Lexington. The practice is owned by Marley Costin, a speech therapist who met Shahbahrami about 10 years ago.
Costin said Shahbahrami came into her office and shared her goal of opening a doughnut shop…