Thristan Mendoza
Thristan Mendoza (b. 1989) is a Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy.
Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza was born 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center and was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 2 and half. At the same year he also began to play.
In 1997 the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy.