Manteca family finds new hope as twin daughters live with rare genetic disorder

MANTECA — Manteca twins were born with a rare disease that affects just more than 1,200 globally. It’s left them stunted emotionally and physically. Augustin Polanco preps his twin 19-year-old daughters for school. Esperanza and Libertad, or Espy and Libby for short, suffer from a rare disease called syngap1. It’s left them unable to speak and with many other developmental delays. The girls were born prematurely. Espy had problems with her heart and face and was born with an ear deformity. There were many surgeries. “We spent a lot of time in the hospital, months and months,” Augustin said. But…