Thristan Mendoza

Thristan Mendoza (born 1989) is a Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy.

Early life
Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza was born 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines. He has three siblings, Rainier, Victoria Angela, Victorina Francesca.

Musical prodigy
He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center and was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half. During the same year, he began to play music.

Further studies
In 1997 when he was 8, the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy.

He is now a college student majoring in percussion.