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hello my name is gailene eimes and i

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work at marshall space flight center

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as a ground systems engineer one of my

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favorite parts about working for nasa

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is i support the international space

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station my role is to interact with

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international partners

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to ensure that their science data gets

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distributed to them

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seamlessly so my path to nasa started

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with my mom she gave me three choices

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it was either be a lawyer be a doctor

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or be an engineer because of my love for

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math and science i chose

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engineering some advice i would give

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is to find a mentor and be a mentor i

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myself have been a mentor for the

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student internship program

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for several years i've worked with

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college students

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on a daily basis to help them explore

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their

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career paths the coolest part of my job

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is to work with different cultures and

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meet different people my mom is from the

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philippines

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my dad is american and i'm first

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generation

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asian pacific islander as someone who

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works with international partners

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i'd like to see people work beyond their