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College-resort partnership opens doors for blind pastry chef

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When Annie Mendenhall decided to join the Wasatch Area Resort Management hospitality program at Utah Valley University's Wasatch campus, she applied for a job on The St. Regis Deer Valley pastry team. There was only one challenge: She's 90% blind.

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