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She’s 22 and
She Could Be the
Next Einstein
by Alice Hernandez
While most of us were busy play-
ing with our friends and dealing
with difficult math problems
during the early years of our teen-
age lives, a young girl by the name
of Sabrina Gonzales Pasterski
built a single engine plane that she
was about to deliver to the campus
offices of MIT and have it shown
to the incredible minds that work
there.  Who would have thought
that this Cuban-American kid
was about to embark on a journey
that will lead her to make people
believe that she could be the ‘Ein-
Miss Pasterski was waitlisted
in MIT when she applied.
Luckily for her, some profes-
sors from MIT saw her video
building a plane.
stein’ of today’s generation?

She’s now 22 and has
already made a name for herself in
the world of Physics. She already
graduated from MIT and is cur-
rently working her way to get her
PhD degree in Harvard. By the
way, she got a perfect point grade
average in MIT. With a brain like
hers, she could rule the world!

After building planes
back when she was really really
young, Miss Pasterski is now
focused on the more serious
stuff. Really serious stuff not
everyone can understand but play
important roles to the fundamen-
tals of science. Her studies branch
out to black holes, spacetime and
quantum mechanics.

Clearly, this young sci-
entist is passionate about what she
does. In an interview with Yahoo,
she said:

“Physics itself is exciting
enou gh. It’s not like a 9-to-5 thing.
When you’re tired you sleep, and
when you’re not, you do physics.”

Miss Pasterski isn’t a
fan of social media. That means
there’s no chance of stalking
her on Facebook, Instagram or
Twitter. However, you do get a
glimpse of what’s going on with
her achievements on her website,
PhysicsGirl. Because she’s a
genius, different foundations such
as the Smith Foundation, Hertz
Foundation and the National
Science Foundation have given
her thousands of dollars for her
studies and work.
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