Haley Bosselman editorAfter his handwritten cover letter went viral on LinkedIn, professional training academy and studio Exceptional Minds offered Ryan Lowry, who is on the autism spectrum, a scholarship to its summer animation program.“I am interested in a job in animation, or in IT,” Lowry wrote in the viral letter to his potential future employer. “I realize that someone like you will have to take a chance on me, I don’t learn like typical people do.
I would need a mentor to teach me, but I learn quickly, once you explain it, I get it.”Lester Holt surprised Lowry and his parents with the scholarship during a segment on “NBC Nightly News.” He mentioned the letter also caught the eye of Dell and Dreamworks, among others.
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