Anne-Marie Imafidon

Anne-Marie O. Imafidon is widely known as a Computing, Mathematics & Language child prodigy. She set a new British record of being the youngest to pass two GCSEs in two different subjects while in primary school. She passed two GCSE Examinations (in Mathematics and Information technology) at the tender age of ten, six years ahead of her peers.

Anne-Marie holds the record as the youngest girl ever to pass Advanced Level (A-level) in computing at the age of eleven. She also passed Pure Mathematics at Advanced Supplementary Level at the same sitting. At 12 she was offered a scholarship to study at a private Oxford college. At 13 she accepted a British government scholarship to study Mathematics at undergraduate level at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

At 14 she was offered a place to study for a Masters degree in Mathematical Computing by two leading British Universities. She is currently working for leading blue-chip company where she is playing/working with legacy data migration in an ERP(SAP)software. She combines these with studies/research in Mathematics and computing. Anne-Marie has recently co-authored a Mathematics book with her siblings. She enjoys mentoring students of all ability levels in Mathematics and computing. At ten, Anne-Marie spoke or understood seven languages, and built award-winning websites.

External links

* [http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1494503.stm BBC article]
* [http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2001/08/23/182076/ComputingA-levelmakes11-year-oldrecord-breaker.htm Computer Weekly article]
* [http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels2003/story/0,13394,1019261,00.html Guardian article]