Rubin Seniuk, 7th Grade

Inspirational 14-year-old Tyler Gordon was born deaf and went through very much.

Tyler Gordon is a very brave person. For one, he was born deaf. This led to a major surgery at age 6. And on top of that, this was an experimental surgery which luckily brought back some of his hearing. But since he learned to talk at such a late age, he was left with a stutter. This led to bullying. And it seemed as if things couldn’t get any worse, a bad accident left him in a wheelchair for two years and in crutches for one year.

Since a young age, he has always snuck down to watch his mom, an artist, paint. In 5th grade, Gordon had a dream, where God told him that if he didn’t use his talent, then God would take it away. So Tyler asked his mom to paint, and considering that he never showed much interest in actually painting himself, she gave him some black paint. 20 minutes later he had painted a portrait of his school principal that blew his mom away.

Considering how beautiful the painting was, his mom quickly got some more paint. Tyler then painted Kevin Durant. His mom posted it on Facebook and an hour later, Durant’s mom called and said that she wanted to buy the painting for $100! Then he got lots of requests from various celebrities.

Tyler Gordon says that if he is in need of some inspiration, then he just thinks of people who are changing the world or have some incredible talent and he paints them.

Tyler Gordon is a huge inspiration to many people. He is very talented and passionate. That is why he is a truly outstanding person.