Turned Away by Employers, Four Friends with Down Syndrome Built a Business That Now Employs Dozens
After hearing the word “no” again and again while searching for work, four friends from Buenos Aires decided they would stop waiting for someone else to create an opportunity for them. In 2016, Mateo Kawaguchi, Leandro López Padros, Franco Noseda, and Mauricio Roldán, all of whom have Down syndrome, launched Los Perejiles, a pizza catering…