The Youngest Psychologist in the World is 13 and She is from Mexico

Dafne Almzan recently graduated from the Mexico City campus of the prestigious Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). She received a bachelor's degree in psychology which means she can become licensed and start practicing.

However, Dafne at the moment is focused on learning more about her craft before opening her own clinic.

"I'm still too young to be working," she told Fox News Latino. "I need to study more, gain more experience, both professionally and as a person."

Last year, Almazan was named one of Forbes 50 most powerful women. What a feat!

Almazan said she feels honored for receiving the title and attention, but she is also happy the media attention shines some light on a judged and overlooked population - Mexico's gifted children.

"I'm happy with the attention," Almazan told Global Post via USA Today. "This way I can show everyone that it's worth it doing your best. And I can do something about the prejudice that gifted children spend their time locked up in a library. We don't have to give up our youth just because we're gifted, you know."

According to a study conducted by Talent Attention Center (CEDAT in Spanish), a private institution in Mexico City studying the child prodigy phenomenon as well as offering after-school courses to child prodigies, there are at least 1 million prodigal children in Mexico, "but only 4 percent of them reach adulthood with the ability to actually put their gifts to use."

The Talent Attention Center is run by Dafne's father, who is also a doctor, Asdrubal Almazan. As of now, the center teaches 250 super-gifted children with "classes like robotics, astronomy and physics, while also helping parents deal with their genius kids."

Luckily, Dafne's father and mother were able to spot her gifts at the tender age of 2. It may be because Almazan's 2 older siblings are also prodigies.

On the topic of teasing Almazan says, "I was never bullied, thankfully, because I was diagnosed when I was very young and my parents knew what had happened to my brother and sister. But bullying is unfortunately something that happens to many children who attend the Cedat. They are bored at school and rejected by their classmates and even their teachers. Most children don't get the support from their parents that I did."

Almazan is now pursuing a master's degree at her alma mater.