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Maybe going back - I will take that back - I will go\h
to the future I really would like to see where we\h\h

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can go with NASA in the future. I would like to\h
see ourselves in Mars. My name is Diana Santiago.

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I am a research materials engineer. We want to\h
develop the next generation airplanes that are\h\h

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whole electric airplanes, but these airplanes\h
uh will need high voltage power transmission\h\h

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cables. So right now we are trying to develop the\h
next generation of insulation materials that are\h\h

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going to be very thin, very lightweight, but also\h
that these materials can survive the challenges\h\h

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that are exposed in the airplane. I always wanted\h
to be a meterologist. I am from Puerto Rico,

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so every summer and fall we are kind of following\h
tropical weather systems and it always fascinated\h\h

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me. Eventually I moved to be a pharmacist and I end\h
up being a chemist and I did a PhD in chemistry,

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and that's how I am here. My English wasn't there\h
when I was growing up,  like we learned English in\h\h

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school but we don't practice and that's one of the\h
things why I didn't study meteorology because\h\h

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I was scared of coming to the states to study\h
meteorology. So I will say to her that not to be\h\h

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scared of the language. I have been enjoying a lot\h
doing gardening I have a vegetable garden. I really\h\h

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enjoy going hiking. Outreach for me, it can have\h
an impact in kids more than what you can think.

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You show them how you came here to work here at
NASA. You show them how fun it can be - science. And\h\h

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at least one kid or two kids from that bunch can be inspired.
I have my own prediction center\h\h

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here as I have a love for meteorology.
So I can do what I love to do like since I was a\h\hchild.

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I would like to see my technology what\h
we are developing to be used in an airplane.\h\h

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We are also working to see if this technology\h
can be used for space for example for the Moon\hhabitat.

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My favorite dish is arroz con gandules, that is a pigeon peas rice\h
wth roasted pork. That's the best Christmas dish,