▁Sa ul ter ▁Memorial ▁Award , ▁and ▁gradu ating ▁as ▁ 1 ▁of ▁top ▁ 5 , ▁of ▁a ▁ 6 , 5 0 0 ▁gradu ating ▁class ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁her ▁under grad uate ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 1 , ▁she ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁a ▁math ematic ian ▁for ▁The ▁Bo eing ▁Company , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁professional ▁ro cket ▁scient ist ▁for ▁NASA ▁programs ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Le Point ▁redirect ed ▁her ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁brain ’ s ▁he aling ▁power ▁after ▁her ▁mother ▁experienced ▁a ▁cat ast roph ic ▁brain ▁injury ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Le Point ▁explained ▁how ▁her ▁brain ▁res h aped ▁and ▁he aled ▁from ▁pain ful ▁mem ories ▁with ▁the ▁Tri ab rain ▁Theory ▁of ▁Rel ativity . ▁ ▁Career ▁While ▁at ▁Bo eing , ▁Le Point ▁helped ▁launch ▁NASA ’ s ▁Ende av our , ▁Disc overy , ▁Columbia , ▁and ▁Atl ant is ▁space ▁sh utt les . ▁As ▁a ▁special ist ▁supporting ▁the ▁Mission ▁Control ▁Center , ▁she ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁recomm ending ▁real - time ▁solutions ▁to ▁ensure ▁safe ▁ro cket ▁launch es ▁and ▁author ized ▁mult im ill ion - d ollar ▁ro cket ▁engine ▁testing ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁young est ▁person ▁to ▁present ▁information ▁to ▁NASA ▁on ▁that ▁scale . ▁Le Point ▁helped ▁design ▁and ▁build