COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Home for the summer, two best friends with Down syndrome have finished their first year of college.
Ava Shahbahrami and Juliana “Jules” Gray have known each other since kindergarten and have taken most of their latest life adventures together.
In March 2024, Ava and Jules were accepted into USC Aiken’s USCA Life Program. The girls moved into their shared dorm together and embarked on their next chapter, hand-in-hand…