Thristan Mendoza

Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza (born 1989) is a Filipino Prodigious Savant and marimba prodigy.

Mendoza was born in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center. He was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half. During the same year he began to play.

In 1997 the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy.

He is now a college student majoring in percussion.

He has three siblings (Rainier, Victoria Angela, Victorina Francesca)

References

Darold Treffert. "Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza – a child prodigy marimbist with autism from the Philippines". Wisconsin Medical Society. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

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Name	Mendoza, Thristan
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Short description	Filipino savant
Date of birth	1989
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Thristan Mendoza

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