“I really wish everyone had the experience to go to high with their sisters because they really are truly my best friends,” Mari Montanez said
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- Triplets Abby, Maricela, and Carlie Montanez graduated from high school together and earned full scholarships to college
- The triplets, who were born prematurely and spent time in the NICU, said the best part of high school was spending it alongside their sisters
- “I really wish everyone had the experience to go to high with their sisters because they really are truly my best friends,” Mari told Fox 7 Austin
Three triplets from Texas are heading off to college after securing full scholarships.
Abby, Maricela and Carlie Montanez recently celebrated a major milestone when they walked the stage at their Del Valle, Texas graduation. At the pivotal moment, the triplets reminisced on high school as a site of their profound bond, per Fox 7 Austin, and expressed excitement at the chance to forge their own paths in college, which each will attend on a full scholarship.
“Since we were triplets, I was born first, so I got the ‘A’ name,” Abby told the local station, just ahead of their graduation ceremony. “Mari was supposed to get the ‘B’ name, but my mom was like, ‘a Bianca or a Briana didn’t fit her,’ and then Carlie got a ‘C’ name.”…