Carla was 22 years old, had Down syndrome, and a conviction stronger than all doubts: she would raise her child alone

She had no diploma.
She didn’t drive.
But she woke up every two hours to feed her baby, learned lullabies at the library, and read bedtime stories with more love than accuracy.

She taped multiplication tables on the fridge, saved every coin to buy science kits, and when Lena asked:

— Where’s Dad?

Carla smiled:

“You don’t need a rocket to go far… just a good start.”

At ten, Lena won her school’s science fair.
At sixteen, she landed an internship at an observatory.
At twenty-one, she graduated top of her class as an aerospace engineer.

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