Gifted Mexican Teen Is World's Youngest Psychologist At 13 And Graduated From Harvard At Age 18

Jun 09, 2020 by apost team

Dafne Almazán is a genius. A lot of people throw that word around, but in Almazán's case, it's true. She has an IQ of over 130 and she finished high school at age 10. Later, at age 13, she completed her first college degree. Almazán is one remarkable young woman. In fact, she became the first Mexican minor in 100 years to be accepted into a post-graduate program at Harvard. She even graduated this year with a Masters of Teaching in Mathematics degree. She's just 18, and many students her age have not accomplished as much as she has.

Dafne Almazán isn't just a very bright young lady. She's incredibly motivated to make a difference in the world. Almazán is good at a number of subjects. According to USA Today, she teaches others Mandarin and plays the piano. She became the youngest psychologist in Mexico after completing her initial degree at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education at the age of just 13. At the age of 17, she was accepted into Harvard and at 18 she graduated with a Teaching in Mathematics Masters degree, according to a news outlet called ZEA.

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Almazán is categorized as a gifted student and according to the National Association for Gifted Children, gifted students are students "with gifts and talents perform—or have the capability to perform—at higher levels compared to others of the same age, experience, and environment in one or more domains."

According to The Yucatan Times, Dafne's father, Asdrúbal Almazán, is a doctor and helped developed special teaching methods and a foundation to help gifted students along with the help of her gifted brother, Andrew. 

Almazán believes that math is one of the most important subjects for children to master. In an interview with USA Today, Almazán expressed how she wants to reach other gifted kids in Mexico in order to help them reach their full potential. She said:

"I know it's hard to reach and guide all gifted children in Mexico, but I'm optimistic that we'll eventually be able to do so. I always wanted to go to college, and I managed to achieve it too."

In an interview with GlobalPost, Almazán talked about the attention she had been getting since the publicization of her achievements:

"I'm happy with the attention. This way I can show everyone that it's worth it doing your best. And I can do something about the prejudice that gifted children spend their time locked up in a library. We don't have to give up our youth just because we're gifted, you know." 

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