Arfa Karim Randhawa, now 16 years old, was named one of the youngest Microsoft Professionals at age 9 after meeting founder, Bill Gates. After suffering from cardiac arrest on December 22, Randhawa is now in critical condition, and doctors say that she has no hope for survival.
“Only a miracle will allow my brilliant, genius daughter to live now,” says father Amjad Karim Randhawa who told that her cardiac arrest was caused by an epileptic attack, which also caused brain damage.
Beginning to show an interest in computers at age 9, Arfa passed a very rigorous Microsoft certification test in 2004, which made her a worldwide celebrity. Arfa’s prodigious actions gave her global media attention, attaining such a credential at such a young age. “Everyone thought the result was wrong,” Randhawa told.
Also in 2006, Arfa was invited by Microsoft to a keynote session in a Tech-Ed Developers conference in Barcelona, Spain. The theme of this event was “getting ahead of the game” and Arfa was used as an example of such a notion.
She was also invited by the IT Professionals of Dubai to attend a dinner event where she was presented with several medals and awards for her outstanding achievements.
Our hearts go out to her family during this difficult time.
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