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My name is Deanna Santiago, and I work in
the ceramic branch at NASA Glenn Research

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Center.

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I grew up in the south part of Puerto Rico.

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Since I was a child, I always want to come
to NASA to work in NASA, but that was like

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a dream, but then when I was doing graduate
school my advisor to me to apply for NASA/LERCIP

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internship, and I didn't know that I could
have the opportunity to apply for that internship,

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and I did, and I came here two summers in
a row, and I fell in love with it.

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I am a research materials engineer, and I'm
working with two different groups.

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One of the groups is the solid oxide fuel
cell, and the other group is the nano-material

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group from the ceramic branch.

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We are creating here, with the fuel cells,
a very unique device that is a very lightweight—that

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could be used for airplanes and can also be
used for space applications because of the

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lightweight.

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Also, with the nano-materials, one of the
properties of the nano-materials that we are

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preparing is that it's an insulator.

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It's one of the best insulators that exist,
and we can use that material as a separator

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of the electrodes of super capacitors to keep
the charge in place.

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That is one of the applications.

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For me, working at NASA is very exciting because
I had the opportunity to learn many things

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every day.

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I'm not stuck with just my background in research.

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I have been learning new topics to keep proposing
new areas—develop new areas.

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That is very exciting.

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The National Hispanic Month Celebration means
a lot to me.

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For example, I am part of the Hispanic advisory
group here at NASA Glenn.

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In this group, we make many activities per
year to recognize the contribution to our

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nation of the Hispanic community around here,
the area, and nationwide.

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One of the person that inspired me when I
was young was my math teacher.

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She was a very tough teacher with all the
students but she always keep us—like encouraging