Steps Toward Independence: St. Francis College Grad’s Walk of Strength and Success

Steps Toward Independence: St. Francis College Grad’s Walk of Strength and Success

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — As the auditorium filled with cheers, Jessica Huang stood from her wheelchair, steadied her walker, and took her first steps across the stage at Kings Theatre — each one a quiet triumph. Feelings of surrealness, strength, and resilience consumed her as she took those steps on her graduation day from St. Francis College on May 16. Huang was born with cerebral palsy. While she is able to walk on a limited basis with assistance,…