Emmaus Home Gala

Enjoy cocktails, a sit-down dinner, and a featured presentation from renowned speaker Dr. Temple Grandin, whose life and work exemplify the power of inclusion, dignity, and opportunity.

Featuring Speaker TEMPLE GRANDIN

Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. When she was two and a half years old, she had no speech and all the symptoms of severe autism. Early intensive speech therapy enabled her to speak by age four. Her mother always encouraged her interest in art and urged her to draw many different things. Good teachers and mentors were essential for Temple’s success. Her high school science teacher challenged her with interesting projects where she had to figure out how to make things work. When studying in school became a pathway to becoming a scientist, she was motivated to study.