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A 10-year-old from San Bernardino, Calif.,<\/a> is a month away from graduating with two associate degrees from Crafton Hills College.<\/p>\n

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She will be the youngest to ever graduate from the Yucaipa-based community college, according to Inland Empire Community News<\/a>. Her final GPA will be “close” to a 4.0.<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s very fun to me. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Perales, who has a home-schooling background,<\/a> credited her dad for pushing her to do her best in school and work hard.<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She would have earned two additional degrees<\/a> in computer science and physics had she stayed one more semester.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“When I first started at Crafton (at the age of 8), I was a little bit nervous\u2026because this was my first time going to a public school<\/a>,” said Alisa, “but then I met some really nice people, and that was super helpful.”<\/p>\n

The young prodigy isn\u2019t done yet. She has plans to work in the artificial intelligence tech industry.<\/p>\n

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