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in recognition of african american

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history month nasa salutes the

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contributions of african americans to

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the cause of space exploration nasa has

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a way of caring

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and a way of

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wanting to

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be there for

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everyone to

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make things better

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and am i proud to be a part of that

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definitely

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do i play a role in any of that

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a small role and i think that most

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people who work for nasa would feel the

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same

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certainly we have a lot of people who

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have just really given

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so much of themselves to see nasa become

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the agency that it is today and to try

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to help in so many different ways and i

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think that is what makes us a family

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my name is rhonda baker

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i'm an associate director at center

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operations ames research center

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and i work at nasa

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once my contract specialist career

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picked up and i actually became a

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contracting officer i supported a lot of

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programs and projects i worked on the

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astrobiology institute i also supported

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life sciences and i had the great

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opportunity of supporting sofia

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being exposed to the scientists the

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engineers

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and all of the researchers

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inspired me

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to want to do the best job possible

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in awarding contracts and administering

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contracts to help them to be successful

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in their programs and projects

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oftentimes i think we forget about those

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of us who fall in the category of

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administrators and the role that we play

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and so and we should be proud of that we

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should be proud that

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we also have something to contribute