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Olympia LePoint

Olympia Ann LePoint is an American author, a speaker and also a rocket scientist who specializes in helping audiences unleash their brain’s power.[1] She is CEO of OL Consulting Corporation & Publishing.[2]

Olympia LePoint
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Olympia LePoint speaking on stage in Los Angeles, California.
Born
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Northridge
OccupationProfessional public speaker, rocket scientist, author
EmployerOL Consulting Corporation & Publishing
Known forScience Books, NASA Space Shuttle, NASA SpaceX Education, Triabrain Theory of Relativity, Quantum Deciding
Websiteolympialepoint.com

Early life and education

LePoint was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and she was belong to a single mother in a poverty-stricken area. After a field trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California at the age of six, LePoint decided to become a rocket scientist.[2] Despite her poverty career but she maintain to be one of the best rocket scientist.[3] LePoint was the graduate of California State University, Northridge. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from California State University Northridge. Her exposure arose her to published a book, Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist in 2013.[4]

Career

LePoint started her career at Boeing where she helped launch NASA’s Endeavour, Discovery, Columbia, and Atlantis space shuttles. She is a specialist where supportes the Mission Control Center, she was also responsible for recommending real-time remedies to ensure safe rocket launches and authorized multimillion-dollar rocket engine testing and was the youngest person to present information to NASA on that scale. She helped designed and build experimental space rockets, and to launch 28 NASA Space Shuttles from 1998-2007.[5]

Public Speaking

LePount is a public speaker. She has spoken in numerous aspect of discipline. She spoke her personal story launching rockets, her books, and her discoveries on the TV show Impact Theory which was broadcast worldwide. LePoint is a TED speaker, she hosted a TED-like talk at California State University Northridge "Your Brain Master Class."[6]

LePoint speaked as science entertainer at the SAS Global Technology Forum in Dallas, Texas. She spoke to over 6,000 international technology experts gathered from the Artificial intelligence and Data Science technology industries. She revealed and shared her experiences in building innovation and igniting renewed-thinking as a female leader in technology, diversity, and the solution-finding processes.[7]

Awards and recognition

LePoint is an awarding winner, her accolades include

  • Professional Excellence Award given by The Chief Technology Office in 2004.[8]
  • The National Black Engineer of the Year "Modern Day Technology Leader" in 2003.[1]
  • The Engineers' Council Incorporated 2001 Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award.[9]
  • The 2000 Boeing Company Technical Excellence Award.[10]
  • An A-1 Toastmasters International Speech Contest Winner in 2007.[11]
  • The 2009 San Fernando Valley Business Journal "Top 40 Under 40" Business Leaders Award.[12]
  • The 2010 All Things Girl article entitled "An Inspiring Woman.[3]
  • The 2010 All Things Girl article entitled "An Inspiring Woman.[13]

Publication

LePoint is a published author. In 2013, she wrote the book. Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist, a self-help, educational book designed to help adults and students to overcome their math fears in both high and tertiary institution.[14] In 2017, she wrote her second book Answers Unleashed: The Science of Unleashing Your Brain’s Power, where she coins the term brainbrink, which destroys intuition and mental awareness by disconnecting the Triabrain’s striatum from the prefrontal cortex communication.[15] In 2021, she wrote her third book, Answers Unleashed II: The Science of Attracting What You Want, where she explained and defines a new decision-making science theory called Quantum Deciding.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Olympia LePoint | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Modern-Day 'Hidden Figure' Olympia LePoint Shares Her Inspiring Journey". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Olympia LePoint showed courage on her path from poverty to rocket scientist". Christian Science Monitor. 2015-01-12. ISSN 0882-7729 . https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2015/0112/Olympia-LePoint-showed-courage-on-her-path-from-poverty-to-rocket-scientist. Retrieved 2021-06-03. 
  4. ↑ LePoint, Olympia; Scott, Penny; Zirbel, Dirk (2013). Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist. ISBN 978-0-9885376-3-7.
  5. ↑ "Meet Olympia LePoint | Rocket Scientist & Executive Producer of Answers Unleashed". SHOUTOUT LA. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  6. ↑ Reprogramming your brain to overcome fear: Olympia LePoint at TEDxPCC, retrieved 2021-06-03
  7. ↑ "Rocket Scientist Olympia LePoint Reveals Six Decisions and The Science for Attracting The Future You Want". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  8. ↑ Martinez, Andrew. "CSUN alumna Olympia LePoint shares life experiences, discusses upcoming TED Talk". The Sundial. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ↑ "Speakers :: STEAM Powered Leadership Conference". projects.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  10. ↑ "Rocket scientist to speak at Conference Center this month". El Dorado News Times. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  11. ↑ peoplepill.com. "About Olympia LePoint: American writer (1976-) | Biography, Facts, Career, Wiki, Life". peoplepill.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  12. ↑ "Answers Unleashed The Science of Unleashing Your Brain's Power with Olympia LePoint". www.empoweradio.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  13. ↑ "Talkzone: How To Survive A Nuclear Blast". www.talkzone.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  14. ↑ Lepoint, Olympia; Scott, Penny; Zirbel, Dirk (2013). Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist. ISBN 978-0-9885376-3-7.
  15. ↑ LePoint, Olympia (2018-02-07). Answers Unleashed: The Science of Unleashing Your Brain's Power. O.L. Consulting Corporation & Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9885376-2-0.
  16. ↑ "NASA scientists achieve long-distance 'quantum teleportation'". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  17. ↑ ‎Answers Unleashed II.
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