Woman With Down Syndrome Couldn't Get A Job. Now She Runs Her Own Business [View all]

by Twumasi Duah-Mensah, The News & Observer/TNS | July 22, 2025

RALEIGH, N.C. — The last job Gabi Angelini applied for before starting her own business was to be a smoothie operator.

Her mother, Mary, guesses she applied for 20 jobs. She often got interviews. She got rejected each time.

And after this interview, the employer said Gabi, who has Down syndrome, would be too slow for the job.
“How do they know if they never taught me?” Gabi said.

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With all the seriously hideous things Trump does to our country each day, I believe her story is a reminder of how amazing people can be.