Collection:LPB

Genre: Awards

Place Covered: Gonzales, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1999-07-6

Duration: 00:03:42

Subjects: Louisiana Young Heroes | Glover, Brandon Derrell

Contributors:

• Barton, Ashley Host
• Courtney, Beth Host
• Glover, Brandon Interviewee

This segment from the 1999 Young Heroes Award Ceremony features a profile of honoree Brandon Glover, a senior at East Ascension High School in Gonzales. Despite being classified as learning disabled, Glover works as a teacher’s aide in a class for seriously disabled students with autism, muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. He also holds two jobs and runs track. Hosts: Ashley Barton and Beth Courtney