She’s smart. She’s young, and she’s Mexican. And, for years now, she’s captured global attention due to her IQ and extraordinary intelligence. Meet Adhara Pérez Sánchez, the child prodigy who has gone viral across social media for being a genius, literally. She has an IQ of 162, higher than that of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. And now, at 13, the genius who was once bullied in school has her eyes on space travel.
“Despite facing challenges like bullying and discrimination due to her diagnosis of Asperger syndrome, she has emerged as a shining star in the field of space science,” SheSight Magazine writes. “With an IQ surpassing legendary figures like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, Adhara’s achievements include earning two degrees in engineering and mathematics at a remarkably young age.”
It’s time to meet "the genius girl" Adhara Pérez Sánchez.
Meet 'Genius Girl' Adhara Pérez Sánchez
Born in Veracruz, Pérez Sánchez was diagnosed with autism when she was three. Despite being bullied in school, where she was called a "robot," she excelled and broke barriers in academia.
By the age of 10, she had already graduated with a degree in Systems Engineering and just earned a second degree in Industrial Engineering. She has also taken courses in Gravitational Waves and Astronomy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with the ultimate goal of becoming the first Mexican woman astronaut.
“ … my dream since I was very young has been to walk on the moon,” Pérez Sánchez explains.
With so many accomplishments at such a young age, Pérez Sánchez serves as an inspiration to others.
“She has been invited to speak at prestigious events across Mexico and has been featured in international media,” SheSight Magazine writes. “Forbes magazine named her one of the 100 most important women in Mexico, further solidifying her status as a role model for young people.”
Where is she now?
These days, Pérez Sánchez is continuing her studies and working towards her dream of becoming Mexico’s first astronaut. She’s also getting comfortable with her nickname of “the genius girl.”
“I’ve gotten used to being called ‘the genius girl’ because that was the first nickname they gave me,” Pérez Sánchez says. “They call me that because I was in high school from the age of seven or eight, which they found very unusual. So, they started calling me that,... now that I’m in university for my postgraduate studies.”
As a teen with Aspergers, one of her passions is helping other kids with autism. “... teachers should understand what autism is so that when a child has it, they know how to treat them properly and not as a problem child,” she says.
Besides walking on the moon, Pérez Sánchez hopes to create a bracelet that measures emotions in autistic children, allowing parents to monitor their child’s emotional state through a connected device.
Her next stop in academia: Pérez Sánchez says she plans to go to the University of Arizona to study Astrophysics.
