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A quick introduction

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First Woman Graphic Novel. Callie. RT.

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Reviewed by Dr. Dionne Hernandez Lugo

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Engineering Project Manager

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For me, the character of Callie is quite personal

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because she was a woman. 
First, she is of Afro-Latin descent

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and is also a girl who studied science.

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I was able to identify a lot with the character

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because I was able to see through her

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the process I went through to finish my graduate studies,

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just like working at NASA.

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I could also see in the character of the father

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how he represents our Latino parents,

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who want all the best for us as students in science.

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In addition to being a woman,

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I could see in the Dad how much he pushed her 
to be able to achieve her dreams of studying science,

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and then the goal of being an astronaut.

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“But because I couldn't just endlessly wait for NASA
to figure out how awesome I was,

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I decided to go back to school. 
That's where you come in.”

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"I became part of a brilliant research team."

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"We wanted to show how AI could be used to help 
elementary school kids

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who were struggling with particular subjects.”

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"With AI, everyone can have a tutor."

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"Then we got an opportunity to show off what 
we could do at a competition at the university."

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On Callie's dream versus my own ...

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Since I was little, my dream was to work at NASA.

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When I was a little girl,

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there were family gatherings, and I would tell my aunt to prepare math exercises

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for me to entertain myself while 
the adults were talking.

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So, mathematics is something that I have always liked and science.

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If I had the opportunity to contribute to the novel,

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I would put Callie through different adventures within the story.

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I would take her to different places on the Moon

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so that she can explore, and, through her exploration,