By Steven Mayer

The Bakersfield Californian

KERN COUNTY, Calif. — Kern County resident Aubrielle Faith Lucia was one of a dozen students who graduated Wednesday from the Hall Ambulance EMT Academy before an appreciative audience filled with family, friends, academy alumni and Hall Ambulance leadership.

The 22-year-old packed in enough knowledge and information over those few weeks at the academy to seemingly last a lifetime. But she and her mom say her training actually began years ago at home.

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“She’s one of 12 kids,” said her mom, Beverly Lucia. “We adopted nine. She’s part of a set of twins that we did have. But she has 11 siblings, nine of whom are adopted.”

And several have special needs, including Down

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