Arwa Damon, an American journalist who founded INARA, skipped sixth grade and graduated with honors at the age of 16 wherein she went afterwards to her aunt and uncle in Morocco to learn show jumping while she was attending college.
Arwa Damon (born 1977) is an American journalist who is a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. She is also president and founder of INARA, a humanitarian organization that provides medical treatment to refugee children from Syria. Damon skipped sixth grade and graduated with honors from Robert College at the age of 16. She then spent a gap year with her aunt and uncle in Morocco, learning show jumping, before moving to the U.S. to attend Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. 
