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uh hello my name is Melissa Gates and I

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am the secretary three uh for Goddard

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and NASA I assist with the customers uh

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coming in helping my managers being as

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supportive as I can when I was growing

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up I didn't see a lot of people like me

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just it was a determination factor for

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me to want to prove to myself and to the

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world that people with disabilities

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um we're just as human as anyone else my

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proudest moments is the fact that I went

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back to a school for continuing

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education and got my Master's Degree I

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ignored the naysayers that said I should

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not go for it and complete my degree I

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am very thankful to have people hear my

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story it's okay to be different

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um if given a chance you know we all can