Carson Huey-You

Huey-You showed exceptional intelligence at a very young age. He was reading chapter books at age two and wanting to learn calculus by age three. His mother, Claretta Kimp, said, "I got him a little calculus book and he could work some of the very first questions in the book and then I thought, ok, you're really smart" recalling the time it really hit her that her son was gifted. He scored a 1770 on the SAT national college entrance test and graduated from high school as co-valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA at age 10. His mother, who studied early education and business at Southern Illinois University, homeschooled him until he was five years old.[4] He and his younger brother, Cannan, attended and graduated from the Accommodated Learning Academy in Grapevine, Texas.

As of fall of 2018, at the age of 12, his brother, Cannan Huey-You, is a sophomore at Texas Christian University pursuing a degree in astrophysics and engineering; he is working to be an astronaut. During his time as an undergraduate student, Carson Huey-You commuted between home and campus with his mother.[5] Carson and Cannan Huey-You were featured in Parade meeting with Bill Nye and discussing the physics related to the Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.[6] Cannan starred in MythBusters Jr. in 2019, while Carson appeared as an advisor in two episodes. In late 2019 at age 17, Carson Huey-You graduated with a master's degree in physics.[7]

Huey-You was born in the summer of 2002 to Claretta Kimp and Andre Huey-You, a former pilot. His mother and father divorced when he was very young.[8] Outside academics, Huey-You enjoys playing the piano, Minecraft, chess, and swimming. Huey-You and his brother both enjoy the Marvel movies and The Lord of the Rings. They also have a dog named Klaus, named after the Nobel Prize winning German physicist Klaus von Klitzing. Huey-You cited The Westing Game as one of his favorite pieces of literature and pot pie as one of his favorite foods.[9]