Jaime Escalante

Teacher, Film actor

1930 – 2010

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Who was Jaime Escalante?

Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez was a Bolivian educator well known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School, East Los Angeles, California. Escalante was the subject of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, in which he is portrayed by Edward James Olmos.

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Born
Dec 31, 1930
La Paz
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • Pasadena City College
Employment
  • Garfield High School
    (1974 - 1991)
Lived in
  • Sacramento
Died
Mar 30, 2010
Roseville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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