Adhara Pérez Sánchez, an 11-year-old autistic girl, earned her master’s degree. The child prodigy has an IQ higher than Einstein’s and wants to be an astronaut.
All about child prodigy Adhara Sánchez
11-year-old Adhara Pérez Sánchez hailing from Mexico City is unlike no other tween. With an IQ score of 162, higher than that of Albert Einstein, she will soon be receiving her master’s degree in engineering. Sánchez graduated with an industrial engineering degree specializing in mathematics from the Technological University of Mexico and systems engineering from the CNCI University. The prodigy is a public speaker and hopes to be an astronaut at NASA. She is currently working with the Mexican Space Agency and promoting mathematics and space education to students.
“She was diagnosed at the age of three after her speech saw a regression. The teachers were not very empathetic, they told me that I wish she would finish an assignment. She began to exclude herself, she did not want to play with her classmates, and she felt strange, different,” stated Nayeli Sánchez, her mother. Moreover, now “she could be at school for a while but then she couldn’t, she fell asleep, she didn’t want to do things anymore. She was very depressed, people did not have empathy, they made fun of her,” added Nayeli.
More about her journey
Despite being bullied for her autism, Adhara completed elementary school at the tender age of five. In the next couple of years, she graduated from middle and high school. Due to the unfavorable conditions, she had to change schools. However, her spark remained and her mother noticed her ability to self-learn algebra. Assuming her daughter was bored, Nayeli enrolled her in therapy.
The therapist spotted the spark of genius in Adhara Sánchez and advised the Center for Attention to Talent (CEDAT) to take her in. CEDAT is a school for gifted children and it admitted her after confirming her IQ. It is reportedly higher than both Stephen Hawking and Einstein. “I want to go to space and colonize Mars. If you don’t like where you are, imagine where you want to be. I see myself at NASA, so it’s worth a try,” stated the 11-year-old.