Biography jaime escalante

Bolivian educator, teacher and mathematician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escalante and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.

Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez (December 31, 1930 – March 30, 2010) was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.

Escalante was the subject of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, in which he is portrayed by Edward James Olmos.

In 1993, the asteroid 5095 Escalante was named after him.^[2]

Early life

Escalante was born in 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia.

Both of his parents were teachers. Escalante was proud of his Aymara heritage.^[3][4]

Early career

Escalante taught mathematics and physics for 12 years in Bolivia before he immigrated to the United States.^[4] He worked various jobs while teaching himself English and earning another college degree before eventua