Hailed the "New Einstein" by her fans, and named the "Modern Day Hidden Figure" by People Magazine, Olympia LePoint is an award-winning rocket scientist, author and TED speaker seen by over 26 Million viewers. She gives the TED talk "Reprogramming Your Brain to Overcome Fear" which has gained more than 1 Million views. Her Impact Theory episode and related clips has more than 2 Million views. LePoint helped launch 28 NASA Space Shuttle missions into space. Today, LePoint's Mission Control Room desk is a science exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. In her youth, she overcame severe poverty, and failing math scores by reprogramming her brain, which led her to graduate Top 5 from a 6,500 graduating class with advanced degrees in Mathematics from California State University Northridge.
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