Stricken with debilitating hearing and speech impairments at the age of three, Darian Scott spent most of his early years isolating himself from the world. He’s been abandoned. He’s been homeless and hungry.
Scott graduated from YSU in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in social work and is currently a graduate assistant in YSU’s Office of Student Diversity. Scott, whose story was featured in the Summer 2009 issue of YSU Magazine, is proof that unrelenting determination can breed success, even in the most dire of circumstances.
Scott also was featured in a recent story in The Vindicator. Read more.