PERINTON, N.Y.-- Muffins, loaves, and freshly baked rolls- all things that will make your mouth water at the Wegmans in Perinton.
"We have 47 people who work in the bakery," Steve Kelly, Bakery Manager at Perinton Wegmans said.
Kelly oversees them all. But, there's one employee in particular he's been truly inspired by.
"My first day working with Daniela I thought she was her sister," Kelly laughed.
Kelly has been Daniela Formoso's manager for the past 9.5 years.
"In all that time Daniela has progressed so well," Kelly said.
Daniela has a mild form of intellectual disability. But, thanks to Arc of Monroe County, the 34-year-old is a master around the kitchen.
“My hand goes in there and everybody gets nervous," Daniela said while slicing bread.
"There's no limits as to what can be done," Tom Kwiatkowski, Daniela's job coach said.
Tom Kwiatkowski is Daniela's job coach. He and Daniela are a part of Job Path, which gives developmentally disabled individuals job support. Although Kwiatkowski doesn't have to do a whole lot of that anymore.
"One of the main things is to get her to go on vacation, she never does," Kwiatkowski laughed.
"I get up at 4 a.m. to be here at 5 a.m.," Daniela said.
For 5.5 hours, Daniela slices up to 150 loaves of bread and bags another 400.
"Yeah there's a lot of bread," Daniela smiled.
But, she knows all that bread like the back of her hand.
"When it’s in a plastic bag like this it only has two days," Daniela said as she held a loaf of pumpernickel bread.
For her all the slicing, wrapping and sorting has given her a life of independence and love.
"I have two families," Daniela said. "One here and one at home, and I take that with me. Everyone is so supportive, and it's great."
"Daniela has really done a nice job learning, growing and developing with us at the store," Kelly said.
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. It's estimated about 7 million Americans have developmental disabilities.