11-year-old already with 2 degrees is on her way to UC Riverside. And she’s just getting started

June is the time of the year when most elementary school students get excited about their summer break. But Alisa Perales, who just turned 11 years old this month, will be preparing for her next big step: Going to UC Riverside.

The girl from San Bernardino already made history in her Inland Empire community as she became the youngest person to graduate from Crafton Hills College, a community college in Yucaipa, with a degree in multiple sciences and another in mathematics.

The college said she would have earned two more associate degrees, in physics and computer science, if she stayed for one more semester…

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