Promethea Pythaitha

In 2011, she witnessed a shooting involving her mother and a man who was stalking Promethea. The stalker was subsequently shot and killed by sheriff's deputies after pointing a handgun at them. In 2013, a settlement was reached in the subsequent court case.

In 2006, Promethea was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation. In January 2007, she was invited to speak in Chicago at a banquet to honor the Festival of the Three Hierarchs, a commemoration of the three founders of the Greek Orthodox Church. Her topic was to be the role of the church in education. During her research on the church founders, Promethea became convinced that the Church had committed genocide. In her speech, she demanded a separation of church and state, as well as the end of church control on education. The event was posted to YouTube and seen by Greeks around the world. Promethea received messages from passionate Greeks in America and Greece. Some sent her hate mail, but others commended her courage and sent books and offers of tuition. After her speech, she was invited to visit Greece for five days and was interviewed by Alpha TV.

In 2004, she changed her name, selecting names reflecting her aspirations and the ideals that she admired in ancient Greek history.

Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha (born "Jasmine Smith" on March 13, 1991) is an American child genius with an IQ of 173. She started reading at age 1, began learning college-level calculus and was profiled by a CBS News 48 Hours special on "Whiz Kids!" at age 7, and at age 13 became the youngest student to complete work for a bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Mathematics.