There is only a small percentage of people with Down’s syndrome that can live totally independently, but Melia ‘MJ’ Jones was one of them.
The young girl, born originally in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, surrounded herself with loving friends and family throughout her whole childhood.
She danced happily to Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, but most of all she loved her childhood TV programmes like Hannah Montana and Big Time Rush, which she always sang along to.
After MJ, 23, graduated high school, she was very excited to move into her own apartment in Van Dorn Street, Alexandria, in 2021.
Her dad and step mum were so excited for this new
