Villa El Salvador teen earns full scholarship to MIT for mathematics

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Eighteen-year-old Renato Gaitán from Villa El Salvador has earned a full scholarship to study Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Gaitán, who grew up disassembling toys and objects to understand how they worked, taught himself English and excelled in math competitions, earning medals internationally. His mother sacrificed her business on weekends to support his academic pursuits, enabling him to attend preparatory classes and competitions.


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