1 00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:01,610 [Music] 2 00:00:13,509 --> 00:00:02,870 foreign 3 00:00:18,410 --> 00:00:16,670 my name is Daria Outlaw and I am a 4 00:00:21,170 --> 00:00:18,420 systems administrator here at Goddard 5 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:21,180 and I provide I.T support services for 6 00:00:25,310 --> 00:00:23,580 the Hubble Space Telescope project 7 00:00:29,269 --> 00:00:25,320 news administrators are I.T 8 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:29,279 professionals that provide services to 9 00:00:34,190 --> 00:00:31,740 ensure that organizations computer 10 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:34,200 systems are functioning our role and 11 00:00:40,729 --> 00:00:36,980 responsibility is to provide support to 12 00:00:43,190 --> 00:00:40,739 users to troubleshoot issues and to 13 00:00:46,610 --> 00:00:43,200 provide overall Network and support it 14 00:00:48,830 --> 00:00:46,620 and it infrastructure is the foundation 15 00:00:51,650 --> 00:00:48,840 that makes things possible for Hubble 16 00:00:54,229 --> 00:00:51,660 and as systems of Administrators we have 17 00:00:56,029 --> 00:00:54,239 a tendency to work in the background but 18 00:00:59,270 --> 00:00:56,039 we are the ones that that kind of keep 19 00:01:01,850 --> 00:00:59,280 things running I am from a small town in 20 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:01,860 North Carolina and I was educated in the 21 00:01:05,870 --> 00:01:04,140 public school systems there from there I 22 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:05,880 did my undergraduate studies at North 23 00:01:09,710 --> 00:01:08,159 Carolina Central University and my 24 00:01:12,469 --> 00:01:09,720 Graduate Studies at Johns Hopkins 25 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:12,479 University I actually have been working 26 00:01:18,530 --> 00:01:15,080 at gato space flight center for 25 years 27 00:01:20,749 --> 00:01:18,540 once I am at the office the first thing 28 00:01:23,510 --> 00:01:20,759 I do is go through email and voicemail 29 00:01:25,550 --> 00:01:23,520 setting priorities to address user 30 00:01:28,070 --> 00:01:25,560 quests and then just kind of going out 31 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:28,080 and to solve whatever problems that have 32 00:01:34,429 --> 00:01:31,140 have come our way alongside of that we 33 00:01:37,789 --> 00:01:34,439 have daily ongoing tasks things such as 34 00:01:40,090 --> 00:01:37,799 patching and upgrading systems are 35 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:40,100 replacing or upgrading Hardware 36 00:01:45,289 --> 00:01:43,200 supporting computer systems servers and 37 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:45,299 the overall Network in general my 38 00:01:51,170 --> 00:01:47,159 favorite part of the job being able to 39 00:01:54,590 --> 00:01:51,180 work directly with our users Hubble has 40 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:54,600 a remarkable talent and being able to 41 00:01:58,730 --> 00:01:56,640 work face-to-face day to day with 42 00:02:01,550 --> 00:01:58,740 remarkable people I think is probably 43 00:02:03,230 --> 00:02:01,560 one of the highlights my advice to other 44 00:02:05,990 --> 00:02:03,240 young women that are coming up in this 45 00:02:08,089 --> 00:02:06,000 profession or any profession is to 46 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:08,099 surround yourself with a network of 47 00:02:12,830 --> 00:02:10,080 positive people that you can learn from 48 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:12,840 you cannot be afraid of mistakes okay 49 00:02:18,650 --> 00:02:16,020 mistakes are valuable learning tools 50 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:18,660 being a woman in any male dominant 51 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:21,300 industry some of the challenges that we 52 00:02:27,290 --> 00:02:24,420 face or the challenges of being seen or 53 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:27,300 being heard or just being accepted for 54 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:30,120 our overall gifts and talents but what 55 00:02:34,190 --> 00:02:31,980 I've learned is that you have to have 56 00:02:35,990 --> 00:02:34,200 confidence in yourself you have to 57 00:02:39,050 --> 00:02:36,000 believe in yourself stand your ground 58 00:02:41,509 --> 00:02:39,060 and just keep moving forward it gives me 59 00:02:44,390 --> 00:02:41,519 a great sense of Pride to be able to 60 00:02:47,390 --> 00:02:44,400 work on Hubble and to be able to work 61 00:02:49,309 --> 00:02:47,400 alongside so many remarkable women that 62 00:02:51,530 --> 00:02:49,319 through their profession they're