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my name is dr. Deon Hernandez logo and

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I'm a research electrical engineer at

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NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland

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Ohio I learned about NASA like many

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children watching the shuttle launch on

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TV I got involved at NASA related

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research as part of my graduate school

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here is where i was able to apply to the

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NASA Harriet Jenkins scholarship which

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allow me to come to NASA Glenn as a NASA

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in turn right after that I got into the

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NASA pathway interns program and from

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there got hired as a research electrical

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engineer here at NASA here at NASA I'm a

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research scientist doing development

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work in batteries not only looking for

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new chemistry's for NASA future missions

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but also applications when batteries are

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needed one of the projects that I'm

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working on is called scepter this

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project goal is to develop an electric

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aircraft and the reason to do this is to

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hire have higher efficiency also a zero

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carbon emission and low noise I grew up

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in Puerto Rico and here is where my

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interest in science started it started

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with my mom and my dad got me my first

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microscope everywhere I went I collected

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sample so people actually told me that I

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should become a medical doctor which I

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did I went into medical school and here

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i was able to visit the morgue and

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here's where i find out that this was

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definitely not for me so i changed

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Rangers and this is how i finish in

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chemistry NASA Glenn Research Center

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really celebrates and encourages

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diversity this for me is very important

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because I know that my opinions are

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valued here at NASA Glenn I'm also part

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of the Hispanic advisory group and every

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year we have our service event where we

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are able to celebrate the contribution

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of expanding

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around the Cleveland area a tradition

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that I value is a Christmas time

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Christmas in Puerto Rico is celebrated

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more than any other places when I be

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more I mean we start intense giving and

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go all the way until mid-january we

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celebrate things the same as in the u.s.

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thanksgiving and christmas but we also

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celebrate three teens and for me this is

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a very important tradition because it's

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a tradition in which all the family

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comes together and it's not only about

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the gifts it's about seeing everyone and

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talking to everyone and it's one that I

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hope I could pass along to my children

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and hopefully they will continue to

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celebrate I think it's very important to

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teach our children of our Hispanic

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heritage it's important for people to

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know where they came from and to connect

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with their roots this is what makes

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everybody different and people should

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not be afraid to express who they are I

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get my Latino fix here in Cleveland Ohio

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in a restaurant called campus grill it's

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very close to NASA and one of the Dutch

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dishes that they prepare is a mofongo

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which is fried plantains match and this

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is served with different types of meat

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so campus grill has the best mofongo in