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Noelia Garella (C), a kindergarten teacher born with Down Syndrome, plays with children at the Jeromito kindergarten in Cordoba, Argentina on September 29, 2016. When Noelia Garella was a child, a nursery school rejected her as a "monster." Now 31, she is in a class of her own. In the face of prejudice, she is the first person with Down syndrome to work as a kindergarten teacher in Argentina -- and one of few in the world. / AFP PHOTO / DIEGO LIMA (Photo credit should read DIEGO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Noelia Garella (C), a kindergarten teacher born with Down Syndrome, plays with children at the Jeromito kindergarten in Cordoba, Argentina on September 29, 2016.
When Noelia Garella was a child, a nursery school rejected her as a "monster." Now 31, she is in a class of her own. In the face of prejudice, she is the first person with Down syndrome to work as a kindergarten teacher in Argentina -- and one of few in the world.
 / AFP PHOTO / DIEGO LIMA        (Photo credit should read DIEGO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)