From the Chillicothe [Ohio] Gazette:

A trio of valedictorians from high schools in Ross County, Ohio, demonstrates diversity.

Molly Clairemont (left) is legally blind. Marcus Edwards was the first African American valedictorian from his high school in 70 years. Another valedictorian, Heather Nichols, has metatrophic dysplasia, a rare form of dwarfism. Nichols received a full scholarship to Ohio University-Chillicothe, and hopes to be a middle school teacher at a school for deaf children.

Clairemont will attend Otterbein College and plans to major in physics. “I really want to understand the world around me better and do something challenging. Then pass it on to other people,” she said. “It’s a mission to become as good as anybody else without a disability would be, so nobody looks at me differently.”

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