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Today, with social media and a lot of role
models, there's a lot more awareness that

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kids can do just about anything.

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We have an African-American president.

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There's an

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African-American that's the administrator
of NASA.

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We've had a multitude of African-American
astronauts, and when I was growing up, we

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didn't have any of that.

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Doors were

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opened up to me because, I think, I was curious,
of course, and you know, when different opportunities

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opened up, I would take advantage of that.

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That's one thing that I would

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always encourage people to do: When there's
an opportunity, it might be outside of your

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comfort zone, but go ahead and go for it.

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You'll more than likely grow from that

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experience.

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"Welcome to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor
Complex."

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For me, working at NASA has just been fabulous.

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Working here, we work the space program, but
it's opened up so many other doors.

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I've met so many people.

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Just this infectious