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Faoutmata Kebe is an astronomer and she shares her passion with disadvantaged youth all over France. The Astronomer who amazes At 31, Fatoumata Kebe, a young woman of Malian origin, is a PhD student in Astronomy at the Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University and the Paris Observatory. Fatoumata Kebe is the Grand Laureate in 2015 of the Global Competition for Young Innovators of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations development agency specializing in information and communication technologies. Astronomy is her passion and she amazes us. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx