At 48 years-old, Tattuskulth "Tatt" Charlie will be the oldest student on the University of British Columbia campus, in Canada, this fall. "I've never felt so lucky when I got the acceptance letter. It was kind of surreal to me," the anthropology and art history scholarship student told "CTV News". In his youth, Charlie was expelled from high school and never graduated. Instead of school, he went the "experience route" and worked a number of jobs including a catering company. When the pandemic hit, his catering work shut down. CTV reports, he mustered the courage to "show up at school and be like, 'All right, things were bad back then, but I don't think they'll be like that now.'" A member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, the father of four always had a passion for Indigenous art, culture and history, and dreams of becoming an indigenous art curator and opening an Indigenous museum in his hometown of Tofino. "It's never, ever too late," he smiles.
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