At 10 years old, brainiac Sean the Science Kid already has plenty in common with Dr. Sanjay Gupta: He loves to learn and explain science to his million-plus Instagram followers. They discuss their shared love of the brain—and Sean takes the mic to ask Dr. Gupta some of his own questions.
Appearing on the "Chasing Life" podcast with Dr Sanjay Gupta, the 10-Year-Old ‘Sean the Science Kid’ indicated he was an advocate for positivity.
And when he grows up, he wants to be a ("neuro-cardio") surgeon.
So, Dr. Gupta passes the mic and lets Sean interview him about the things on his heart and brain.
In the CNN interview, Atitsogbe revealed that his parents recognised he was gifted when he was 9 months old after he read a sign for the apparel store, Carter’s, during a family outing.
By age 3, his mother enrolled him in High Achievers Education Center Inc. (HAEC), where he quickly advanced to second grade.
According to the school’s website, its curriculum — which encourages critical thinking, collaboration and real-world application — includes English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
“After being turned away by three schools, we finally found Dr. Nadra Powell at HAEC, who immediately recognised Sean’s brilliance and welcomed us in. HAEC gave Sean the structure and support he needed to thrive,” Eunice Atitsogbe, Sean’s mother said in a post shared on HAEC’s Instagram.
At age 4, according to information on his website, Atitsogbe was accepted into Mensa, a high IQ society.
Mensa requires members to score “within the upper 2% of the general population on an approved intelligence test,” to join, as the organization’s website reports.
Atitsogbe’s knowledge is now being shared with the masses across social media to energize interest in STEM. His YouTube channel has 8.9 thousand subscribers and 250 videos, at the time of this writing. On Instagram, his first viral video was a clip of him sharing a scientific explanation of why breakfast is the most important meal, ABC News reported.
He now boasts 1.4 million followers on the platform.
With a bright future ahead, Atitsogbe aspires to become a neurocardiac surgeon.
“I want to be a neurocardio surgeon, which can be defined as the combination of a brain and a heart surgeon. And I invented this word when I was 4 years old. When I was doing research on the human body or anatomy — which was one of my favorite science subjects to study about — I found out that the brain and the heart are connected in a loop where the brain has to tell the heart to pump blood and the heart pumps blood to the brain so the brain can tell the heart to pump blood, and it’s a loop. So I thought, ‘If one is damaged, then what’s going to happen to this loop?’ So I decided to specialize my treatment in both of those,” he told CNN.
