Ottawa girl set to become the youngest university graduate in Canadian history | Globalnews.ca

She is a child prodigy who’s about to become the youngest Canadian to ever graduate from university.stage in her cap and gown and accept a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science.

She started the program when she was nine, at a time when most of her peers were playing games at recess.“I’m going to be proud. I’m going to hope I don’t fall off the stage,” Patricia Dennis said in an interview. “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.”Perhaps no one will be more proud or excited than her biggest supporter, her mom Johanna Dennis.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 feel like part of why I’m going to the convocation and walking across the stage is for her own benefit to say, ‘Thank you for being there for me.’ I think that’s really the main purpose of the graduation in the first place,” said Patricia Dennis.Being a preteen in an intensive university program has come with a unique set of challenges. Patricia Dennis has had to deal with people’s preconceived notions and expectations about how she is going to look, talk and act based on her age.

“My advice for people who are also young, gifted, smart, talented — don’t let other people’s expectations bring you down,” she said.

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