The first registered Washington D.C. lobbyist with Down Syndrome is a Central New York native. 

Kayla McKeon said nothing will stop her quest to change the rules. 

"I never would have thought, 'Me? Lobbying? Wow!' But I love it," McKeon said. 

She is full of life and a maker of history.  

"I'm the manager of Grassroots Advocacy with the National Society of Down Syndrome Society," McKeon said.

The Cicero native's career started in Syracuse while interning for Republican Rep. John Katko. 

"We have a lot of these laws holding us back so down syndrome doesn't hold me back. It's the laws that do," McKeon said. 

McKeon started lobbying in 2017. She's advocating to end sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities and for the passage of the Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act. 

"People like me want to get married and unfortunately we can't because our benefits. We'll lose them," McKeon said. 

Kayla is full of gratitude for her life and her work. 

"I will lobby until I'm blue in the face. I will lobby no matter what because we need these laws passed and we need to find those meaningful and competitive jobs. We want to get married so we're going to continue to fight for those of us that are differently abled. And I won't stop the great fight," said McKeon.

She's going to keep on making history for as long as she can.