April 30, 2009

SDSVP Investee Emeritus - Human Development Foundation’s Open Gate


Grooming the Young, Gifted and Disadvantaged

From Voice of San Diego
March 29, 2009


Brandon Tamariz was once deemed a problem student. He cried and screamed before going to school, racked up bad grades, and complained that other children called him "un tonto" -- a fool. His mother, Norma Perez, worried that he might have a learning disability. It turned out he was highly gifted….The story might have ended there had it not been for an unusual program called Open Gate, which aims to chip away at the underrepresentation of students from disadvantaged families in programs for gifted youth.

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