'My advice for people who are also young, gifted, smart, talented -- don’t let other people’s expectations bring you down.'
She is a child prodigy who's about to become the youngest Canadian to ever graduate from university.
"I’m going to be happy for myself too, not just for other people. I am proud of myself for getting to this point, despite all the hurdles and blocks that there have been for a person like me."Dennis said she realized her daughter was special when she was around two-and-a-half years old. She has felt so ever since.Dennis was a single mother while she built her own academic career.
"I’m very motivated by the fact that I can be the first something. You know, being able to show other young, gifted and talented people that something like this is possible, that you can get through these roadblocks, has always been something that I’ve always wanted to do," she said. After researching the topic for around a year, Patricia Dennis presented her findings at the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium.
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