Highland High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, made history when it comes to its homecoming court.For the first time, the school voted a student with Down syndrome as queen.Emily Money is a senior and since her freshman year, she's had a dream of becoming homecoming queen."I said, 'Would you like to run for the homecoming queen?' And she was super excited. She already thinks of herself as a princess queen," Emily's mother Sara Money said. "It was so heartwarming. We were at the stadium and they announced it at halftime. I prepared Emily. I said if they don't call your name, just smile and clap for the winner."But the announcer called her name. In the video, you can see Emily jump in joy and run down the row of cheerleaders before taking a twirl and bow.Beside her is homecoming king Diego Ayala. "I remember the whole crowd was just standing in the air," Ayala said. "She's really fun, exciting, she's not shy to do anything... It doesn't really matter if she has Down syndrome. She's just as equal as we are."Emily took advantage of her last name when it came to campaign for queen."We made $100 bills with Emily's picture on them and she passed them out to all the staff and students," Sara Cash said. "We all know it takes a village to raise a child and with a special needs child you need a special village and I've found we really have that at Highland.""I feel like a queen and I am really happy," Emily said.Watch the video above for the full story.
Highland High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, made history when it comes to its homecoming court.
For the first time, the school voted a student with Down syndrome as queen.
Emily Money is a senior and since her freshman year, she's had a dream of becoming homecoming queen.
"I said, 'Would you like to run for the homecoming queen?' And she was super excited. She already thinks of herself as a princess queen," Emily's mother Sara Money said. "It was so heartwarming. We were at the stadium and they announced it at halftime. I prepared Emily. I said if they don't call your name, just smile and clap for the winner."
But the announcer called her name. In the video, you can see Emily jump in joy and run down the row of cheerleaders before taking a twirl and bow.
Beside her is homecoming king Diego Ayala.
"I remember the whole crowd was just standing in the air," Ayala said. "She's really fun, exciting, she's not shy to do anything... It doesn't really matter if she has Down syndrome. She's just as equal as we are."
Emily took advantage of her last name when it came to campaign for queen.
"We made $100 bills with Emily's picture on them and she passed them out to all the staff and students," Sara Cash said. "We all know it takes a village to raise a child and with a special needs child you need a special village and I've found we really have that at Highland."
"I feel like a queen and I am really happy," Emily said.
Watch the video above for the full story.
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