10 year-old Dafne Almazán Anaya is Mexico’s youngest college student. She is currently enrolled at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (“Technology Institute of Monterrey”) where she’s studying to earn a degree in Psychology, the Huffington Post reports. Dafne started primary school when she was 6 yrs old. In less than four years she graduated from primary, middle school and high school and is now on her to getting her college degree. Despite her younger age, Dafne followed the same curriculum as the rest of her older classmates in high school.
“I used to imitate my sister when she was doing her homework, I started copying her and I started trying to the homework,” said Dafne in this reported piece by FOROtv, a broadcast television network owned by Televisa. At the time she was three years old. The smart genes run in the family. Dafne’s older siblings are also gifted kids. Her brother, Andrew, graduated from college when he was 16 years old with a degree in psychology. At 18, he is currently studying to become a doctor…
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