She was bullied for being "different." Now her IQ is higher than Einstein's. Meet Adhara Pérez Sánchez. 11 years old. From a low-income neighbourhood in Tláhauc, Mexico City. And quietly outsmarting two of the greatest minds in history. Her score? 162. Einstein and Hawking both clocked 160. Diagnosed with autism at age three after her speech regressed, Adhara spent her early years getting picked on at school for being "different." The same brain her classmates mocked had already memorised the entire periodic table and taught itself algebra. Her mum thought she was just bored. She wasn't bored. She was operating on another level entirely. By five, she'd finished elementary school. One year later, she had middle school AND high school in the rearview mirror. Then depression hit. A therapist sent her to the Center for Attention to Talent, where her sky-high IQ was finally discovered. A visit to a doctor's office decorated with Stephen Hawking artwork lit the fuse. The doctor explained who Hawking was, what he did, how he spoke to the universe through a machine. That was it. Space had her. Adhara already holds a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from CNCI University. Right now she's deep into a master's in mathematics at the Technological University of Mexico. The endgame? NASA. Mars. The stars she was practically named after. She's also chasing her G-tests, the gateway to flying with an agency linked to NASA. If everything lines up, she could be the first autistic person ever to fly a mission, around age 17. The kid they bullied is heading to space. Source: IBTimes UK (via Marie Claire Mexico)