Fox News: 10-year-old California prodigy set to graduate from college with 2 degrees

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10-year-old California prodigy set to graduate from college with 2 degrees

A 10-year-old in California, is a month away from graduating with two associate degrees and if successful will be the youngest to ever graduate from from Crafton Hills College.

                   
                       

A 10-year-old from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is a month away from graduating with two associate degrees from Crafton Hills College.

She will be the youngest to ever graduate from the Yucaipa-based community college, according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. Her final GPA will be "close" to a 4.0.

Alisa Perales began taking classes when she was only 8 years old and will have just turned 11 at the time of the graduation ceremony.  

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"It's very fun to me. It's almost as fun as playing outside or riding a bike or doing whatever. I just enjoy learning. There are so many interesting things out there," Alisa said.

Perales, who has a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login credited her dad for pushing her to do her best in school and work hard.

A post on the Inland Empire Community News Facebook page boasts that she once used her political science coursework to file a federal lawsuit challenging youth voting rights. 

She would have earned You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in computer science and physics had she stayed one more semester. 

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"When I first started at Crafton (at the age of 8), I was a little bit nervous...because this was my first time going to a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," said Alisa, "but then I met some really nice people, and that was super helpful."

The young prodigy isn't done yet. She has plans to work in the artificial intelligence tech industry.

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