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at Nasa we pay tribute to the women in

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stem who continue to lead the way for

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change in our society and culture this

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March we shot a spotlight with just a

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few in honor of women's History Month

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did you know human computers were a huge

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part of NASA's history starting for 34

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years at Nasa Annie Beasley gave away

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for women's rights by helping

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supervisors address issues such as

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gender race and age discrimination

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and on the other side of the country

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Helen Lang hired women computers who

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wanted to be Engineers but who didn't

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have the necessary education over the

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years more women were trained to be NASA

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while she never went to space Dr

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American woman scientist to be trained

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developed a method to train astronauts

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space flight did you know

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a NASA engineer was inspired by a

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drinking straw to create a new way to

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clean up toxic waste well it's true NASA

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environmental engineer Jackie Quinn was

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hit by inspiration in the cafeteria when

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she came up with an invention to clean

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up contaminated water and soil all

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thanks to a drinking straw Houston you

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in 2001 Ginger Carrick became the first

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Mission Control to astronauts in space

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from politics to science Pioneers to

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good morning and thank you for joining

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at Nasa my name is Sarah adami and I am

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this year's women's History Month theme

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as announced by the national women's

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history Alliance is celebrating women

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who tell our stories

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woman at Nasa serve as role models for

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young women and by sharing our stories

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we can Inspire the Next Generation and

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help launch them on stem pathways

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the office of stem engagement is excited

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to support this goal and announce the

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new agency-wide woman in stem 2023

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initiative to mobilize women at Nasa to

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participate in student engagement

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opportunities to talk more about this

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initiative please welcome Chris Brown

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good morning Sarah thanks so much

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I am delighted to be with all of you and

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uh especially I am pleased and excited

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to be back here at Goddard back home so

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um this is where it all started for me

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in my NASA career as an engineer

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we are here today to Mark women's

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history month and celebrate the

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contributions and accomplishments of

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women at Nasa today and throughout the

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history of our agency

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I'm honored to be joined today by a few

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of our women of NASA who have charted

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the path who have charting paths for us

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honor the women of NASA who have charted

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and their Collective Legacy with an

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invitation to join us on a critical

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I like to frame it as we are on a

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mission of creating possibilities

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and our agency's mission is devoted to

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building a diverse future stem Workforce

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the theme of this year's women's history

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month is as Sarah said celebrating women

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I'd like to focus on that for a few

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the women you'll hear from today have

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but in fact we all have powerful stories

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if I could have you take one thing away

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is I would like you to hold on to that

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that each of us you have powerful

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stories to tell that may touch a young

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spark their imagination resonate with an

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experience they've had Inspire them to

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see possibilities or dream big

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increase diversity Equity inclusion and

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relevant areas of need

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first there is evidence that the current

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domestic supply of stem workers is not

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will need one million more stem

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second a large proportion of our current

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stem Workforce is at or nearing

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retirement and that's especially true

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we need to move into action to support a

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healthy pipeline of future stem

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population we clearly need to do better

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today I'm thrilled to announce a new

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initiative NASA women in stem 2023

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our purpose as Sarah noted is to

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mobilize women at Nasa to get out there

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and engage with students serving as

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powerful Role Models mentors and guides

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we've set a goal of 2023 hours in this

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of service to students and educators

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and we hope that you will consider

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through a dedicated internal website you

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can register to participate in the

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initiative explore opportunities that

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contact and that's available on the

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website and if you reference NASA Deputy

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went out to the workforce yesterday you

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can find the link to that site and I was

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about the prospect of you all getting

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involved and if you're out there already

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connecting with students we're asking

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you to share that with us

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commit at least one hour of your time to

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women who are committed to bolstering

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our efforts to serving as role models

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and mentors and to connect and work with

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students I'd like to take this

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opportunity to encourage all of you

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women and men to consider getting

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involved to inspire and engage students

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helping them to see themselves and doing

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doing that exciting work that we do here

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and finally I'd like for each of you to

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carry a vision forward

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I imagine if you've no you've probably

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the past year or two lots of young

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there is curiosity out there affinity

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and interest to what we do and and this

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this bond in a way to NASA

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think about this mission that I've

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imagine if each of us at Nasa took on

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the mantle of actively engaging students

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we have the power to translate that

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I'm challenged challenging each of you

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to join us in building that next

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generation of explorers a diverse

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Workforce that is energized and ready to

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take on the work of tomorrow

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thank you all so much for being with us

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today and I look forward to us all

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sharing our stories as I tell students

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the universe is out there waiting for

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them

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thanks so much

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well thank you so much Chris

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through their accomplishments and

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dedication to their jobs women at Nasa

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embody the spirit of women's History

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Month

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today I'm joined by leaders at Nasa

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light Chris whose work in promoting stem

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in their communities is leading the way

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for the next generation of women in stem

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please join me in welcoming our other

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speakers Crystal Johnson

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[Applause]

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thank you all so much for joining us

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here today to talk about your experience

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as women in stem and the work you do to

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engage with the Next Generation

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to kick it off I would love for each of

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you to give a brief introduction about

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what your current role is and what it

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entails let's start with you Crystal

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I'm Crystal Johnson I'm the deputy

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center director for research and

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Technology here at Goddard space flight

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center I'm responsible for shaping the

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missions of the future in astrophysics

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earth science heliophysics and planetary

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science and then making sure we have a

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portfolio of Technology Investments to

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make sure that we can enable those

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amazing missions that we're creating for

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can you hear me okay now I can't hear

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you uh I'm Sandra Kaufman and I am the

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deputy director for the astrophysics

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division uh within the science Mission

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director the headquarters and we are

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responsible for the entire universe

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except for one star eight planets and a

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my name is Mamta Patel nagaraja and I'm

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the associate Chief scientist at

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headquarters for exploration and applied

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research and my job is to advise the

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chief scientists in any area where

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humans are doing science in space so

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that could be on the ISS or future

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missions to the Moon through our Artemis

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program as well

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and Chris and you've already heard from

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me uh as a deputy associate

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administrator for stem engagement I have

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the fabulous job of of leading our team

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across the agency and inspiring and

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engaging students and supporting

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Educators and educational institutions

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it's a great way for me to give back

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after years of service and engineering

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and uh and to really do something I'm

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very passionate about

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well thank you so much and thank you for

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sharing about your current work that

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you're doing and I know that each of you

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have powerful stories to tell about your

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paths and careers could you briefly

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touch on notable moments in your

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Journeys and particularly how it all

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Chris let's start with me oh yeah

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so for me I always I always talk about

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how it all started

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um because I grew up in a teeny teeny

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town in rural Pennsylvania and I was the

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first person in my family to go to

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college

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and for me the the path to stem started

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when my dad brought home a Lego set

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uh that I think it was about six years

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old at the time and through through that

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really I started to discover a real

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interest and Affinity to building things

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and and that creativity and and led to

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me drawing and designing and into art

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and and

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um I ended up

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thinking that I eventually wanted to be

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an architect uh and so I started an

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architecture as an architecture major at

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Virginia Tech and and in about I guess

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about a year in realized that I I really

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had enough more of an affinity for for

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the the tangible building of things

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through engineering and that has been in

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a sense of thread as I as I look back so

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far on my career it's been a thread for

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me that that I have been an architect uh

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a Creator uh an innovator in in that

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that inherent creativity in the work

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that we do is something that I talk

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about with with our audiences with

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students and and with Educators I think

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Engineers I think sometimes get a little

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bit of a bad rap right stereotypically

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and that we're we're geeky and we're not

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creative and we think inside the box and

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that's that's actually the antithesis of

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what really happens is that we're we're

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thinking out of the box

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um scientists as well and technologists

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and so

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um I try to convey that with students as

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much as I can to to to talk about the

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attraction of literally how exciting it

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is to work in a team when we've all had

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this experience where you're you're

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creating something that that does didn't

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exist it was an idea that somebody had

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and there there's a so much richness in

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the work that we do

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so for me it started uh I thought that I

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wanted to to be a computer scientist a

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computer engineer in the very beginning

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and I was a part of the Lincoln

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aerospace engineering recruitment

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program which was at Lincoln University

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and so in that first summer right out of

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high school they require you to go work

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at a NASA facility because it was a

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program sponsored by NASA and so you

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know we were required to do that and the

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center that I chose was Langley Research

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Center and so we we go there and they

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said that I was assigned to a physics

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lab and I was like physics what in the

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world what in the world would I do with

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physics and what are we going to do for

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the summer for physics I was really

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disappointed because I was a lifeguard

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in Virginia Beach that's where I grew up

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and so all my friends were going to be

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spending the summer doing lifeguarding

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at the pools or at the beach and I was

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really you know upset because I thought

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it was going to be really missing out

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this particular summer so I go to

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Langley Research Center they walk me to

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to the lab that I'm supposed supposed to

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be working on and there's this danger

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hazardous laser inside sign and I'm like

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what in the world am I getting myself

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into and so then the guy opens the door

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and he's like okay put these goggles on

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and don't lean down to the level of the

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table because they're stray laser light

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going around the room and if it hits you

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in your eye it can blind you and I was

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like

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what in the world am I doing here this

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is not what I signed up for and so we go

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in further and this was back in the day

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when in the labs you know we wore the

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lab coats with the big sleeves and so

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the guy leans over to adjust one of the

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mirrors of the laser and I hear pop up

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pop and there's smoke because he got a

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sleeve in the path of the laser and then

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I was like yes this is the feel for me

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you get to shoot lasers around the room

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put holes and stuff I thought that was

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really cool and so as a part of that we

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realize I realized that in this kind of

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field you are paid to think no matter

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where you are and the the environment

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that was created for us at Langley in

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laser research and development we would

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actually be in the lab trying to we were

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creating new laser materials and so we

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would look at a material we'd do the

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testing for it we try to make it work

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if we couldn't make it work we'd all hop

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in our cars we go to the mall and we

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people watch or have ice cream and

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somebody to come up with an idea and

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we'd run back to the lab and try it out

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or one of my co-workers had a boat and

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so we'd go out on the boat we'd have our

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laptops on the boat we'd take a dive in

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and somebody come up with an idea we

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would work until late into the night

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because it was all about creativity it

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was all about being able to come up with

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ideas and we were so productive in that

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particular laser lab so for me that

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opened up a whole new way of thinking

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for me realizing that it's all about

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thinking outside the box trying things

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in a way that nobody else has ever tried

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them and for me to have a career doing

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that I was like I'm sold so every summer

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after that I came back to NASA and then

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they hired me after I finished my

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master's program

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School

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thank you so

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um

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I can say that mine is started with the

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moon landing Apollo 11

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and a single mother who who never gave

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up uh and I have to say that uh you know

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when when I saw that it just grabbed me

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it was just not something that really

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inspired me I was born in Costa Rica

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uh and um when I saw that it was like I

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gotta go to the Moon of course I never

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went to the moon I don't like hikes you

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know that's not my thing but um but that

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uh that moment you know I told my mom I

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wanted to go to the moon and the lady

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kept reminding me every time I was doing

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something bad you know remember you want

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to go to the Moon you gotta you gotta

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you know apply yourself you got to study

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you gotta you know and and not repeat

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history because you know she grew up in

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orphan and uh and she had to you know

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self was self-made

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um but went to all public schools in

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Costa Rica when I got to college finally

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they told me I couldn't study electrical

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engineering because I was a woman and

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therefore if they were like 50 years

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behind behind the times right uh they

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they wanted they wanted me to study

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industrial engineering which was the

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only engineering that was accepting

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women I wanted to study electrical and

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so I spent three and a half years in um

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in industrial engineering and I tried to

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transfer a couple of times and still I

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couldn't do it so I came here and that

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was uh October this year will be four

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years ago and I never went back

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um but um you know when I got my first

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job um as a contractor for NASA was just

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the best day of my life it was just

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amazing I graduated with electrical and

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physics and uh the next month right away

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uh I went to a job fair and I uh uh

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interviewed with a company and uh and

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and I was just thrilled and then um uh

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one day I got a phone call from some guy

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named Francis podina and uh he he asked

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me if I wanted to go and work with him

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and I was like yes of course I want to

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go and work for NASA you know so

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um this um February I had my my 32nd

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year anniversary working and I started

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with with sepi and it was just such a

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treat you know to work with him but you

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know doing in in following on the theme

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uh the Chris and Crystal you know it is

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doing the the right thing and never give

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up never giving up and that is what I

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always tell the the students when I go

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and talk to them is is that the nature

558
00:26:19,909 --> 00:26:17,880
of your birth doesn't detect the person

559
00:26:21,950 --> 00:26:19,919
that you can become doesn't matter where

560
00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:21,960
you come from it's and it doesn't matter

561
00:26:26,029 --> 00:26:24,059
where you get your education it's what

562
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:26,039
you do with education that you received

563
00:26:31,970 --> 00:26:30,000
and uh and and and with persistent and

564
00:26:34,370 --> 00:26:31,980
perseverance you can be anybody that you

565
00:26:36,769 --> 00:26:34,380
want to be or at least get as far you

566
00:26:39,649 --> 00:26:36,779
know as you can uh trying to do what you

567
00:26:43,130 --> 00:26:39,659
can and and I try to mix the space

568
00:26:45,409 --> 00:26:43,140
program with life because you know

569
00:26:47,330 --> 00:26:45,419
failure is not an option right and so

570
00:26:48,529 --> 00:26:47,340
when things are going bad and that we

571
00:26:50,810 --> 00:26:48,539
have failures in the lab and everything

572
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:50,820
we keep on trying and trying and trying

573
00:26:54,409 --> 00:26:52,980
until something works otherwise if we

574
00:26:55,549 --> 00:26:54,419
have given up at the first no we

575
00:26:57,230 --> 00:26:55,559
wouldn't have never launched not even

576
00:26:59,690 --> 00:26:57,240
the first thing right so we have to keep

577
00:27:01,789 --> 00:26:59,700
on trying and I try to tell you know the

578
00:27:03,169 --> 00:27:01,799
students is something that you have to

579
00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:03,179
keep on trying you cannot just give up

580
00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:05,760
at the first no keep on trying and and

581
00:27:09,230 --> 00:27:07,500
and and it's not repeating the same

582
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:09,240
thing you know you have to reinvent

583
00:27:13,610 --> 00:27:11,520
yourself again to try again that you

584
00:27:15,950 --> 00:27:13,620
create your opportunities and uh and I

585
00:27:19,190 --> 00:27:15,960
think this is very important that we

586
00:27:21,470 --> 00:27:19,200
have role models and uh and show

587
00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:21,480
students out there that doesn't matter

588
00:27:25,490 --> 00:27:23,820
who you are uh if they have a dream they

589
00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:25,500
can they can try to make it true whether

590
00:27:31,490 --> 00:27:28,740
these get as far as they can in life

591
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:31,500
gosh my story like Chris and I didn't

592
00:27:35,630 --> 00:27:33,120
know this and I know Chris I love how

593
00:27:37,909 --> 00:27:35,640
you learn something every time you

594
00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:37,919
attend one of these events I also grew

595
00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:39,960
up in a small town not nearly as teeny

596
00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:42,480
tiny as Chris's town I imagine but mine

597
00:27:46,190 --> 00:27:44,400
was in West Texas and I too am a first

598
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:46,200
generation college graduate in our

599
00:27:51,409 --> 00:27:48,720
family as well and my parents were

600
00:27:54,169 --> 00:27:51,419
immigrants from India and we ran

601
00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:54,179
a little motel and so we're not talking

602
00:27:57,890 --> 00:27:55,919
Four Seasons and we're not talking even

603
00:28:01,190 --> 00:27:57,900
holiday and we're talking like a like

604
00:28:06,529 --> 00:28:03,830
that's the kind of Motel we ran but not

605
00:28:08,750 --> 00:28:06,539
scary but that's what it was like

606
00:28:10,549 --> 00:28:08,760
um and my parents quickly and they were

607
00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:10,559
in the cycle of poverty generation after

608
00:28:15,289 --> 00:28:13,620
generation in India and they they were

609
00:28:17,090 --> 00:28:15,299
stuck in that cycle and so I think their

610
00:28:19,370 --> 00:28:17,100
biggest goal was to get us out of the

611
00:28:22,850 --> 00:28:19,380
cycle and I still remember cleaning

612
00:28:25,010 --> 00:28:22,860
motel rooms with my parents and I can I

613
00:28:27,710 --> 00:28:25,020
can still visualize and hear my mom's

614
00:28:29,570 --> 00:28:27,720
voice from the bathroom and she says if

615
00:28:30,890 --> 00:28:29,580
you don't want a clean toilet's like me

616
00:28:32,390 --> 00:28:30,900
mumpta and this was in our native

617
00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:32,400
language not in English but same

618
00:28:35,810 --> 00:28:34,080
inflection if you don't want to clean

619
00:28:37,430 --> 00:28:35,820
toilets like me then you better do well

620
00:28:41,330 --> 00:28:37,440
in school and so I think that was just

621
00:28:44,330 --> 00:28:41,340
sort of how my life started I knew that

622
00:28:46,490 --> 00:28:44,340
I was going to focus on my studies and I

623
00:28:48,289 --> 00:28:46,500
didn't want to clean toilets for the

624
00:28:50,390 --> 00:28:48,299
rest of my life

625
00:28:52,250 --> 00:28:50,400
um and so that was sort of that was it

626
00:28:53,870 --> 00:28:52,260
and we didn't so we didn't have much and

627
00:28:56,029 --> 00:28:53,880
my parents fixed everything on their own

628
00:28:57,289 --> 00:28:56,039
I still remember tapping sewer lines

629
00:28:59,810 --> 00:28:57,299
with my dad

630
00:29:02,870 --> 00:28:59,820
gross so gross that I learned how to tap

631
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:02,880
a sewer line cleaning I mean well we did

632
00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:04,080
a whole lot of cleaning but fixing

633
00:29:08,930 --> 00:29:06,120
refrigerators and my mom had this really

634
00:29:10,669 --> 00:29:08,940
amazing talent long before I knew how

635
00:29:12,409 --> 00:29:10,679
important it was to have female role

636
00:29:14,810 --> 00:29:12,419
models I had one right there in front of

637
00:29:17,810 --> 00:29:14,820
me my dad would he had the mechanical

638
00:29:19,610 --> 00:29:17,820
tactile capabilities he would open up a

639
00:29:22,430 --> 00:29:19,620
broken refrigerator and she could just

640
00:29:24,350 --> 00:29:22,440
look at the wires and she couldn't do it

641
00:29:26,149 --> 00:29:24,360
herself she didn't have the tactile but

642
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:26,159
she'd say I bet if you connect that wire

643
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:28,080
to that wire and that one that

644
00:29:31,490 --> 00:29:29,520
refrigerator is going to work my dad

645
00:29:34,010 --> 00:29:31,500
would look at her

646
00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:34,020
and the fridge worked it was amazing so

647
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:37,020
I had this just early life experience of

648
00:29:40,909 --> 00:29:38,880
seeing the way they worked together my

649
00:29:42,889 --> 00:29:40,919
dad's incredible respect for my mom

650
00:29:45,289 --> 00:29:42,899
which I think set the standard for me in

651
00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:45,299
life well before this is me reflecting

652
00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:47,039
well before I knew how important that

653
00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:48,240
was

654
00:29:51,350 --> 00:29:49,799
um but yeah I think that's just sort of

655
00:29:53,210 --> 00:29:51,360
how it started and then I started doing

656
00:29:55,070 --> 00:29:53,220
it with them and that led me to a life

657
00:29:56,810 --> 00:29:55,080
of engineering and then I crossed into

658
00:29:59,210 --> 00:29:56,820
science which people think you can't do

659
00:30:01,669 --> 00:29:59,220
but you can because I did it my current

660
00:30:02,990 --> 00:30:01,679
position is a scientist position so I

661
00:30:04,909 --> 00:30:03,000
think that was sort of how my career

662
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:04,919
path went

663
00:30:10,190 --> 00:30:07,200
thank you so much for sharing with us

664
00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:10,200
how it all started and specifically the

665
00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:12,240
stories and the wisdom within those

666
00:30:16,909 --> 00:30:14,640
stories which reminds me of the theme of

667
00:30:19,549 --> 00:30:16,919
women's History Month this year which is

668
00:30:21,649 --> 00:30:19,559
celebrating women who tell our stories

669
00:30:23,149 --> 00:30:21,659
what does that mean to you let's start

670
00:30:25,549 --> 00:30:23,159
with you Crystal

671
00:30:28,490 --> 00:30:25,559
I think Chris really captured it really

672
00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:28,500
well in her opening remarks and so

673
00:30:32,810 --> 00:30:30,480
women who tell their stories it's

674
00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:32,820
important for all of us it's not just

675
00:30:39,529 --> 00:30:36,240
women but especially women because so

676
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:39,539
many of us kind of run into challenges

677
00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:42,480
and we suffer in silence when you hear

678
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:44,880
the stories of others you realize you're

679
00:30:50,750 --> 00:30:47,760
not in this alone you're not in a unique

680
00:30:52,730 --> 00:30:50,760
situation so many times I've heard women

681
00:30:53,690 --> 00:30:52,740
say well we you know things are

682
00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:53,700
different for you and the federal

683
00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:55,440
government than they are in Private

684
00:30:58,610 --> 00:30:57,000
Industry or they're different from you

685
00:31:01,070 --> 00:30:58,620
you don't have the same kind of problems

686
00:31:04,370 --> 00:31:01,080
we have in Academia that we have in

687
00:31:06,649 --> 00:31:04,380
industry and the more I listen to all of

688
00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:06,659
them the more similar the more the same

689
00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:09,240
it sounded to me and so when you

690
00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:11,460
actually when a woman is bold enough to

691
00:31:16,669 --> 00:31:14,520
tell her story and not care you know

692
00:31:19,370 --> 00:31:16,679
what people think about her but to share

693
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:19,380
your story there are so many people that

694
00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:21,120
are helped by that because every the

695
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:24,360
people listening realize okay so this is

696
00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:26,159
not just me that's going through this

697
00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:28,440
and then when you hear how they overcame

698
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:30,299
team whatever it was they're going

699
00:31:34,669 --> 00:31:32,640
through then you actually have hope to

700
00:31:36,590 --> 00:31:34,679
realize hey there's a light at the end

701
00:31:38,389 --> 00:31:36,600
of this tunnel there are things that I

702
00:31:40,370 --> 00:31:38,399
can do there are people I can reach out

703
00:31:42,289 --> 00:31:40,380
to there are mentors that can help me

704
00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:42,299
and so it's just helpful all the way

705
00:31:46,669 --> 00:31:44,580
around for people to listen to the

706
00:31:48,710 --> 00:31:46,679
stories and for people to be willing to

707
00:31:50,090 --> 00:31:48,720
tell their stories both of those are

708
00:31:52,669 --> 00:31:50,100
important

709
00:31:54,830 --> 00:31:52,679
amazing thank you so much for that and

710
00:31:57,529 --> 00:31:54,840
someone also mentioned the term Role

711
00:31:59,630 --> 00:31:57,539
Models you know how have you acted as a

712
00:32:02,029 --> 00:31:59,640
stem Mentor guide or engage with

713
00:32:04,669 --> 00:32:02,039
students and how has that role impacted

714
00:32:06,350 --> 00:32:04,679
you and your community Sandra

715
00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:06,360
oh wow

716
00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:10,260
um well so I've made my life mission to

717
00:32:13,090 --> 00:32:11,340
change

718
00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:13,100
things in Costa Rica

719
00:32:20,510 --> 00:32:17,460
I came to the station 83 and I went had

720
00:32:22,970 --> 00:32:20,520
the opportunity to go back in 98 and

721
00:32:24,769 --> 00:32:22,980
they were still not admitting women in

722
00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:24,779
electrical engineering or other

723
00:32:29,810 --> 00:32:28,320
Engineers just industrial so I I was

724
00:32:31,669 --> 00:32:29,820
like this has got to change you know and

725
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:31,679
so I made my life mission to change it

726
00:32:37,730 --> 00:32:33,840
and I did and now there are more women

727
00:32:39,649 --> 00:32:37,740
in Engineering in Costa Rica than than

728
00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:39,659
you know ever before in fact I think

729
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:41,940
there are more women than men

730
00:32:48,289 --> 00:32:45,240
um but um one particular incident that

731
00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:48,299
that always resonates with me is that I

732
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:52,799
in in that trip 98 I went to uh Intel

733
00:32:56,570 --> 00:32:53,940
had a plant

734
00:32:58,549 --> 00:32:56,580
and uh this little girl was in front

735
00:33:00,649 --> 00:32:58,559
just placing her hand asking questions

736
00:33:02,570 --> 00:33:00,659
and while I was talking and she asked so

737
00:33:04,909 --> 00:33:02,580
many questions and

738
00:33:06,049 --> 00:33:04,919
um you know and I remember her vividly

739
00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:06,059
you know because she has so many

740
00:33:09,169 --> 00:33:07,080
questions

741
00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:09,179
so fast forward I'm here and I went to

742
00:33:14,210 --> 00:33:11,880
the AIC and this young lady touches my

743
00:33:16,190 --> 00:33:14,220
shoulder and she's like um I don't know

744
00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:16,200
if you remember me but I wasn't I didn't

745
00:33:20,029 --> 00:33:17,760
tell uh

746
00:33:22,789 --> 00:33:20,039
um you know a presentation that you gave

747
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:22,799
and I raised uh my hand so many times I

748
00:33:26,269 --> 00:33:24,179
asked so many questions and you answered

749
00:33:30,169 --> 00:33:26,279
them all patiently and she says because

750
00:33:32,269 --> 00:33:30,179
of that uh your patience and and enjoy

751
00:33:35,509 --> 00:33:32,279
example and everything I I am about to

752
00:33:37,730 --> 00:33:35,519
get my doctorate now and uh you know and

753
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:37,740
and you know and so that's one

754
00:33:41,930 --> 00:33:40,320
individual you know uh the same thing

755
00:33:43,909 --> 00:33:41,940
you know in my local community I live in

756
00:33:46,009 --> 00:33:43,919
Arlington Virginia you know I I go to

757
00:33:47,930 --> 00:33:46,019
the schools I have a um

758
00:33:50,450 --> 00:33:47,940
um standing

759
00:33:52,730 --> 00:33:50,460
um yearly visits with some of the

760
00:33:54,769 --> 00:33:52,740
science teachers and I go and and talk

761
00:33:56,930 --> 00:33:54,779
to the classes I spend the whole day I

762
00:33:58,250 --> 00:33:56,940
do the whole classes and I don't think I

763
00:34:00,769 --> 00:33:58,260
can be a teacher I don't know how they

764
00:34:02,450 --> 00:34:00,779
do it I admire that I wanted to do but

765
00:34:04,490 --> 00:34:02,460
you know I I go through all of the

766
00:34:06,470 --> 00:34:04,500
blocks and I and I and I and I teach all

767
00:34:08,690 --> 00:34:06,480
the blocks and and I you know tell them

768
00:34:11,570 --> 00:34:08,700
what we do why we do it why it's

769
00:34:14,089 --> 00:34:11,580
important uh and I repeat it all all the

770
00:34:16,849 --> 00:34:14,099
blocks you know and I do this every year

771
00:34:18,950 --> 00:34:16,859
and a lot of kids

772
00:34:21,050 --> 00:34:18,960
um are you know going into high school

773
00:34:23,930 --> 00:34:21,060
and and uh you know trying to sponsor

774
00:34:27,589 --> 00:34:23,940
them uh to be interns

775
00:34:30,109 --> 00:34:27,599
um we I started this program uh here in

776
00:34:33,349 --> 00:34:30,119
in a daughter and I took it to to

777
00:34:35,629 --> 00:34:33,359
Goddard this is the senior experience

778
00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:35,639
um and so um I started with my high

779
00:34:41,450 --> 00:34:38,220
school when my sons went to school and

780
00:34:42,349 --> 00:34:41,460
uh the last three weeks of their senior

781
00:34:44,810 --> 00:34:42,359
year

782
00:34:46,970 --> 00:34:44,820
they can come and in turn for three

783
00:34:49,609 --> 00:34:46,980
weeks and you know I find mentors for

784
00:34:50,750 --> 00:34:49,619
them and we we got that rolling we don't

785
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:50,760
have to pay we don't have to advertise

786
00:34:55,250 --> 00:34:53,520
we just can somebody be a mentor for

787
00:34:58,550 --> 00:34:55,260
three weeks for some kid who is

788
00:35:00,170 --> 00:34:58,560
interested in in what we do and uh and

789
00:35:02,089 --> 00:35:00,180
so when I went to headquarters I brought

790
00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:02,099
it to headquarters and now the divisions

791
00:35:07,310 --> 00:35:04,560
and everybody are interested in having

792
00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:07,320
um these interns uh you know coming over

793
00:35:13,190 --> 00:35:10,200
and everything and and the other thing I

794
00:35:14,890 --> 00:35:13,200
also have done is um I was a founding

795
00:35:17,930 --> 00:35:14,900
member of the AIA

796
00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:17,940
distinguishmenter and uh so you know we

797
00:35:22,970 --> 00:35:19,920
get a lot of calls and uh you know in

798
00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:22,980
one mentors students uh and and that's

799
00:35:27,829 --> 00:35:25,500
just just you know talking to schools

800
00:35:30,290 --> 00:35:27,839
and high schools and colleges and and

801
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:30,300
things of the sort

802
00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:32,640
um but in general I also always have you

803
00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:35,520
know three four or five mentees that I'm

804
00:35:40,069 --> 00:35:36,720
mentoring

805
00:35:43,010 --> 00:35:40,079
um you know women across uh uh you know

806
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:43,020
the agency and it meant to I mean mean I

807
00:35:48,290 --> 00:35:46,320
I've Mentor both both and you know so I

808
00:35:50,990 --> 00:35:48,300
think it's it's such a enriching

809
00:35:53,510 --> 00:35:51,000
opportunity because I think the mentee

810
00:35:55,370 --> 00:35:53,520
benefits as much as the mentor and you

811
00:35:58,310 --> 00:35:55,380
know and and you learn from them and

812
00:36:01,370 --> 00:35:58,320
they and and they learn from you uh you

813
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:01,380
know so it is just so so nice to to have

814
00:36:05,569 --> 00:36:02,880
somebody touch on your shoulders that I

815
00:36:08,089 --> 00:36:05,579
I you you inspire me or or helping

816
00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:08,099
somebody you know further career or

817
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:09,540
lending a hand and provide an

818
00:36:14,210 --> 00:36:11,280
opportunity uh you know to see what we

819
00:36:15,290 --> 00:36:14,220
do I mean all of that is is just a very

820
00:36:18,589 --> 00:36:15,300
nice

821
00:36:20,870 --> 00:36:18,599
amazing and it's so inspiring to see the

822
00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:20,880
impacts that can be had and along those

823
00:36:25,010 --> 00:36:23,040
same lines anyone can jump in but we'll

824
00:36:27,050 --> 00:36:25,020
start with mumta can you share a story

825
00:36:29,510 --> 00:36:27,060
about a time where you engage with

826
00:36:31,069 --> 00:36:29,520
students or young people and notice a

827
00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:31,079
real impact

828
00:36:36,349 --> 00:36:34,619
yeah so I think

829
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:36,359
and it goes back to Crystal something

830
00:36:40,670 --> 00:36:38,640
you said when we tell our stories I had

831
00:36:42,829 --> 00:36:40,680
to really learn how to tell my story I

832
00:36:44,630 --> 00:36:42,839
didn't think I had a story and then

833
00:36:46,490 --> 00:36:44,640
somebody says you know somebody told me

834
00:36:48,410 --> 00:36:46,500
everyone has a story and somebody had to

835
00:36:51,589 --> 00:36:48,420
pull it out of me and really

836
00:36:54,050 --> 00:36:51,599
got me to think about my story and who I

837
00:36:55,849 --> 00:36:54,060
had become and what shaped me and I

838
00:36:57,950 --> 00:36:55,859
think it does take a certain bravery at

839
00:36:59,329 --> 00:36:57,960
least if you're like me who I don't want

840
00:37:00,710 --> 00:36:59,339
to talk about myself and I don't want to

841
00:37:01,970 --> 00:37:00,720
get up on the stage and tell you about

842
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:01,980
me because

843
00:37:06,470 --> 00:37:04,320
I just think I'm me but somebody can

844
00:37:07,970 --> 00:37:06,480
pull it out of you and it definitely I

845
00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:07,980
have gotten I have had to learn it and

846
00:37:12,109 --> 00:37:09,540
I've had to become brave enough to say

847
00:37:13,790 --> 00:37:12,119
it but the rewarding part of it I've

848
00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:13,800
told it enough and in front of enough

849
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:16,260
diverse audiences that somehow I've

850
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:18,480
started to attract and I think it's

851
00:37:23,089 --> 00:37:21,240
because I just told my story but a lot

852
00:37:24,890 --> 00:37:23,099
of young women and a lot of people of

853
00:37:26,589 --> 00:37:24,900
color and the vast majority of the

854
00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:26,599
people who approach me come from lower

855
00:37:32,569 --> 00:37:30,060
socioeconomic upbringings and that has

856
00:37:34,849 --> 00:37:32,579
been reward it's been helpful for them

857
00:37:37,609 --> 00:37:34,859
but it has been incredibly rewarding for

858
00:37:39,230 --> 00:37:37,619
me just to have those relationships most

859
00:37:41,390 --> 00:37:39,240
of them are on email because a lot of

860
00:37:43,730 --> 00:37:41,400
them are younger or FaceTime I mean they

861
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:43,740
they connect through so many different

862
00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:45,599
ways than how I would have connected

863
00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:47,400
with a mentor going into somebody's

864
00:37:51,290 --> 00:37:48,780
office and thinking that was the only

865
00:37:53,089 --> 00:37:51,300
way to have a mentor but these the Young

866
00:37:55,910 --> 00:37:53,099
Generation they find all sorts of ways

867
00:37:57,170 --> 00:37:55,920
to find you and talk to you and a lot of

868
00:38:00,109 --> 00:37:57,180
them have just been back and forth

869
00:38:01,490 --> 00:38:00,119
they'll ask questions and can I Facetime

870
00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:01,500
with you and we'll FaceTime on the

871
00:38:06,170 --> 00:38:04,320
weekend but helping them just know

872
00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:06,180
somebody else said it that they're not

873
00:38:10,730 --> 00:38:08,880
alone so the one specific thing I'll

874
00:38:12,650 --> 00:38:10,740
tell you about is I was talking to a

875
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:12,660
group of kids who came from immigrant

876
00:38:17,150 --> 00:38:14,400
families you can understand why I was

877
00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:17,160
asked to talk to them and one of them

878
00:38:22,130 --> 00:38:20,220
came on and she it was obvious that she

879
00:38:23,990 --> 00:38:22,140
needed to ask me something so intimate

880
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:24,000
for her she got real close up to the

881
00:38:27,050 --> 00:38:25,680
computer and it was it was virtual she

882
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:27,060
got real close up to the computer and

883
00:38:30,530 --> 00:38:28,800
she said I'm just different than

884
00:38:32,990 --> 00:38:30,540
everybody around me

885
00:38:35,450 --> 00:38:33,000
I'm just different I just know that I am

886
00:38:37,069 --> 00:38:35,460
how did you handle that so I told her

887
00:38:38,810 --> 00:38:37,079
this story which Chris you might

888
00:38:41,270 --> 00:38:38,820
remember because I told it for the first

889
00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:41,280
time on a stage for an education event

890
00:38:47,569 --> 00:38:44,099
but I remember being little and the kids

891
00:38:49,730 --> 00:38:47,579
making comments about how I smelled I

892
00:38:52,069 --> 00:38:49,740
didn't even know I smelled

893
00:38:53,810 --> 00:38:52,079
and I wouldn't have so that made me not

894
00:38:55,609 --> 00:38:53,820
want people to come to my house because

895
00:38:58,370 --> 00:38:55,619
then I figured out my house smoke you

896
00:39:01,870 --> 00:38:58,380
wanna know what that smell was Curry

897
00:39:04,609 --> 00:39:01,880
bad smell was Curry but in 1980s America

898
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:04,619
nobody knew Curry and nobody knew that

899
00:39:07,670 --> 00:39:06,240
they loved Curry you said that now

900
00:39:10,730 --> 00:39:07,680
people be like that sounds like an

901
00:39:12,470 --> 00:39:10,740
awesome lunch right but back then it

902
00:39:14,750 --> 00:39:12,480
wasn't so I told her then you could just

903
00:39:16,849 --> 00:39:14,760
immediately see the relief on her face

904
00:39:19,370 --> 00:39:16,859
like it was okay to be different she

905
00:39:20,990 --> 00:39:19,380
wasn't the only one and maybe someday

906
00:39:23,329 --> 00:39:21,000
people will understand and accept her

907
00:39:25,069 --> 00:39:23,339
better but it was just having that

908
00:39:27,170 --> 00:39:25,079
connection to somebody I think was

909
00:39:30,109 --> 00:39:27,180
really important for her and then for me

910
00:39:32,630 --> 00:39:30,119
to be able to go back into my childhood

911
00:39:34,609 --> 00:39:32,640
and realize everything's okay like it's

912
00:39:36,770 --> 00:39:34,619
okay that I smelled back then totally

913
00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:36,780
fine that's also rewarding for it's

914
00:39:41,930 --> 00:39:38,760
gratifying for myself too just to come

915
00:39:44,450 --> 00:39:41,940
full circle and those realize those

916
00:39:46,970 --> 00:39:44,460
moments aren't the ones that Define you

917
00:39:50,450 --> 00:39:46,980
they feel like they do at age six but

918
00:39:54,410 --> 00:39:52,730
particular example for me

919
00:39:56,390 --> 00:39:54,420
um I was invited to come to Oprah

920
00:39:59,630 --> 00:39:56,400
Winfrey school her school for her girls

921
00:40:01,849 --> 00:39:59,640
in South Africa and she really wanted

922
00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:01,859
um the young girls to see someone that

923
00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:04,260
looked like them that was actually

924
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:06,240
successful and that could be someone

925
00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:08,880
that they could talk to and and get some

926
00:40:13,190 --> 00:40:10,800
advice from and this was associated with

927
00:40:16,430 --> 00:40:13,200
the office of stem education so the

928
00:40:18,050 --> 00:40:16,440
ostem office was conducting an event at

929
00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:18,060
the school as well so we had a

930
00:40:21,530 --> 00:40:20,040
competition of the young girls but the

931
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:21,540
dean of the school came to me and said

932
00:40:26,210 --> 00:40:24,599
Crystal there is this one girl that we

933
00:40:29,390 --> 00:40:26,220
don't understand what is happening with

934
00:40:32,569 --> 00:40:29,400
her and all of the girls are from very

935
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:32,579
very very low income you know tribe

936
00:40:38,690 --> 00:40:35,520
tribal areas and so or communities I

937
00:40:40,130 --> 00:40:38,700
will say and so this young girl all of

938
00:40:42,650 --> 00:40:40,140
them were doing really well and they're

939
00:40:44,510 --> 00:40:42,660
on their trajectory to go to college but

940
00:40:46,490 --> 00:40:44,520
this one had they could not get her to

941
00:40:47,870 --> 00:40:46,500
commit to going to college and they

942
00:40:49,849 --> 00:40:47,880
didn't know what had happened and it was

943
00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:49,859
her senior year so they were like we

944
00:40:53,930 --> 00:40:52,140
don't know what to do new here so I got

945
00:40:55,730 --> 00:40:53,940
we were in an auditorium I got her and

946
00:40:57,950 --> 00:40:55,740
pulled her over to the side just to have

947
00:41:00,470 --> 00:40:57,960
a conversation with her face to face and

948
00:41:02,690 --> 00:41:00,480
long story short she did not want to go

949
00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:02,700
to college because her parents didn't

950
00:41:07,250 --> 00:41:05,040
want her to go they wanted her to work

951
00:41:09,829 --> 00:41:07,260
in the community so that she could bring

952
00:41:11,690 --> 00:41:09,839
five more cents to the table for their

953
00:41:14,270 --> 00:41:11,700
family's dollar that they were going to

954
00:41:17,210 --> 00:41:14,280
make in the course of a month so she was

955
00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:17,220
very interested in in I.T security and

956
00:41:22,370 --> 00:41:20,040
so I said okay so here's the deal if you

957
00:41:24,290 --> 00:41:22,380
can allow your parents to be you know

958
00:41:26,690 --> 00:41:24,300
upset with you for just a couple of

959
00:41:28,490 --> 00:41:26,700
years let me explain to you the benefit

960
00:41:31,490 --> 00:41:28,500
you can have not just for your family

961
00:41:33,050 --> 00:41:31,500
but for your whole community and so I I

962
00:41:35,089 --> 00:41:33,060
told her this is the amount of money

963
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:35,099
that you can make as soon as you come

964
00:41:39,109 --> 00:41:36,720
out of school in this particular field

965
00:41:41,210 --> 00:41:39,119
and I translated it for the dollars that

966
00:41:43,310 --> 00:41:41,220
they you know make there and then I said

967
00:41:45,829 --> 00:41:43,320
and just imagine their their family had

968
00:41:47,930 --> 00:41:45,839
never lived in a house they were you

969
00:41:50,270 --> 00:41:47,940
know pretty much in a little Shanty they

970
00:41:52,790 --> 00:41:50,280
had never had a car whatsoever so I said

971
00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:52,800
and for the first time your family your

972
00:41:57,710 --> 00:41:55,740
parents can live in an actual house you

973
00:42:00,470 --> 00:41:57,720
can have a car to transport them from

974
00:42:02,450 --> 00:42:00,480
one place to the next and imagine if you

975
00:42:05,030 --> 00:42:02,460
were able to build a community center

976
00:42:07,609 --> 00:42:05,040
that could help the whole community and

977
00:42:10,490 --> 00:42:07,619
no one else is able to do that just

978
00:42:12,890 --> 00:42:10,500
imagine the change and the uplifting you

979
00:42:14,990 --> 00:42:12,900
can do for the whole Community because

980
00:42:16,910 --> 00:42:15,000
you're willing to to let your parents be

981
00:42:18,650 --> 00:42:16,920
mad for the amount of time that you'll

982
00:42:20,270 --> 00:42:18,660
be in college you don't even need their

983
00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:20,280
support to go because it's already

984
00:42:26,030 --> 00:42:22,619
covered for you you just have to go you

985
00:42:27,890 --> 00:42:26,040
have to do well and so she said okay I

986
00:42:30,290 --> 00:42:27,900
think I know what I need to do and so

987
00:42:32,210 --> 00:42:30,300
her dean of the school later came to me

988
00:42:34,670 --> 00:42:32,220
and said we don't know what you said we

989
00:42:37,310 --> 00:42:34,680
don't know what you did but you changed

990
00:42:39,770 --> 00:42:37,320
this girl's life forever and those are

991
00:42:43,190 --> 00:42:39,780
the kind of things for me that makes my

992
00:42:45,770 --> 00:42:43,200
job so much worth the Outreach that I do

993
00:42:48,430 --> 00:42:45,780
all the time I'm so happy to do it when

994
00:42:50,870 --> 00:42:48,440
people ask me to come and speak

995
00:42:53,870 --> 00:42:50,880
amazing thank you so much for sharing

996
00:42:56,390 --> 00:42:53,880
that and showing how you can change the

997
00:42:58,550 --> 00:42:56,400
future for a family for someone and

998
00:43:00,770 --> 00:42:58,560
that's just so important along those

999
00:43:02,630 --> 00:43:00,780
lines I do want to take a turn as well

1000
00:43:04,609 --> 00:43:02,640
and ask Chris what types of

1001
00:43:07,010 --> 00:43:04,619
opportunities are you hoping to see the

1002
00:43:09,230 --> 00:43:07,020
NASA Workforce engage in

1003
00:43:12,349 --> 00:43:09,240
oh great question

1004
00:43:14,150 --> 00:43:12,359
um there's a broad spectrum of

1005
00:43:17,089 --> 00:43:14,160
opportunities and activities that you

1006
00:43:20,210 --> 00:43:17,099
can get involved with with it are in

1007
00:43:21,550 --> 00:43:20,220
inherently and designed to engage with

1008
00:43:25,190 --> 00:43:21,560
students

1009
00:43:27,470 --> 00:43:25,200
you can serve as a NASA Mentor for an

1010
00:43:32,150 --> 00:43:27,480
intern it's not too late to sign up for

1011
00:43:33,890 --> 00:43:32,160
that and we have internships that go uh

1012
00:43:36,589 --> 00:43:33,900
all three essentially all three

1013
00:43:40,609 --> 00:43:36,599
semesters of the year so we'd love for

1014
00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:40,619
you to do that we have a range of stem

1015
00:43:45,349 --> 00:43:41,720
engagement

1016
00:43:46,970 --> 00:43:45,359
events and activities that we do that

1017
00:43:50,030 --> 00:43:46,980
include student challenges and

1018
00:43:53,329 --> 00:43:50,040
competitions we always need judges and

1019
00:43:55,309 --> 00:43:53,339
guides for those and in fact we have I

1020
00:43:57,230 --> 00:43:55,319
think about nine of them that have

1021
00:43:59,809 --> 00:43:57,240
culminating events over the next couple

1022
00:44:01,790 --> 00:43:59,819
three months and I know that they need

1023
00:44:06,109 --> 00:44:01,800
help so we would love folks to sign up

1024
00:44:07,730 --> 00:44:06,119
for those we have opportunities with

1025
00:44:09,349 --> 00:44:07,740
Partners Partnerships we have

1026
00:44:12,230 --> 00:44:09,359
Partnerships with the Girl Scouts

1027
00:44:16,430 --> 00:44:12,240
million women mentors and million girls

1028
00:44:18,950 --> 00:44:16,440
moonshot are some examples but there are

1029
00:44:21,050 --> 00:44:18,960
a lot of after-school programs and

1030
00:44:24,410 --> 00:44:21,060
activities that I I'm sure are in your

1031
00:44:26,690 --> 00:44:24,420
communities and having a chance for them

1032
00:44:30,050 --> 00:44:26,700
to hear from someone from NASA or to

1033
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:30,060
have them have a NASA employee come and

1034
00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:32,160
be part of something that they're doing

1035
00:44:37,790 --> 00:44:34,680
I think is a very powerful experience

1036
00:44:41,569 --> 00:44:37,800
both for them and for for us there are

1037
00:44:45,010 --> 00:44:41,579
our library activities clubs girls who

1038
00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:45,020
code is a good example girls typically

1039
00:44:50,030 --> 00:44:47,760
do much better when they're working with

1040
00:44:52,970 --> 00:44:50,040
other girls and so there are a lot of

1041
00:44:55,370 --> 00:44:52,980
activities and and clubs and those

1042
00:44:57,109 --> 00:44:55,380
organizations that are devoted to that

1043
00:44:59,750 --> 00:44:57,119
kind of work as well

1044
00:45:02,089 --> 00:44:59,760
so I I just encourage you to reach out

1045
00:45:04,609 --> 00:45:02,099
look at our our site but also you can

1046
00:45:06,770 --> 00:45:04,619
reach out to our points of contact in

1047
00:45:10,010 --> 00:45:06,780
the offices of stem engagement at the

1048
00:45:11,630 --> 00:45:10,020
centers and they can also provide some

1049
00:45:14,270 --> 00:45:11,640
examples of some things that you might

1050
00:45:15,770 --> 00:45:14,280
want to get involved in amazing and

1051
00:45:17,990 --> 00:45:15,780
those sound like amazing opportunities

1052
00:45:20,690 --> 00:45:18,000
to get involved in and I do want to

1053
00:45:23,630 --> 00:45:20,700
leave our audience with just some advice

1054
00:45:26,030 --> 00:45:23,640
something to get us going so just going

1055
00:45:28,069 --> 00:45:26,040
down the panel I'd love to know what

1056
00:45:30,950 --> 00:45:28,079
advice would you give to those who are

1057
00:45:33,410 --> 00:45:30,960
ready to go out and serve as stem role

1058
00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:33,420
models and mentors

1059
00:45:38,089 --> 00:45:35,760
I would say start small so if you feel

1060
00:45:39,650 --> 00:45:38,099
intimidated you're not sure how much

1061
00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:39,660
time it'll take you're not sure if you

1062
00:45:43,190 --> 00:45:41,280
have the time you're busy or you don't

1063
00:45:45,589 --> 00:45:43,200
really want to tell your story go small

1064
00:45:47,510 --> 00:45:45,599
do you have children go to their school

1065
00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:47,520
start with their classroom if you don't

1066
00:45:51,530 --> 00:45:49,920
have children maybe a neighbor has a kid

1067
00:45:53,329 --> 00:45:51,540
whose classroom would love to have you

1068
00:45:56,030 --> 00:45:53,339
those are probably the least

1069
00:45:59,390 --> 00:45:56,040
intimidating in terms of it's not a big

1070
00:46:01,490 --> 00:45:59,400
stage it's but it's really rewarding man

1071
00:46:03,230 --> 00:46:01,500
and if you want to get stumped do a

1072
00:46:06,170 --> 00:46:03,240
kindergarten classroom because they will

1073
00:46:08,030 --> 00:46:06,180
ask you the hardest questions

1074
00:46:09,950 --> 00:46:08,040
um but that and it's just you'll walk

1075
00:46:11,450 --> 00:46:09,960
out I would be shocked if you came out

1076
00:46:14,450 --> 00:46:11,460
and said that you didn't feel a little

1077
00:46:16,190 --> 00:46:14,460
bit of warmth talking to Young students

1078
00:46:19,250 --> 00:46:16,200
they will remind you sometimes we get

1079
00:46:21,349 --> 00:46:19,260
into these like work is work sort of

1080
00:46:24,829 --> 00:46:21,359
modes right go talk to kids and they'll

1081
00:46:30,349 --> 00:46:27,470
so um everything that Manta said of

1082
00:46:32,210 --> 00:46:30,359
course uh but uh NASA has the speaker's

1083
00:46:35,450 --> 00:46:32,220
Bureau too so if you don't really want

1084
00:46:38,030 --> 00:46:35,460
to uh you know take on a mentee because

1085
00:46:40,970 --> 00:46:38,040
of time but you have time for for one

1086
00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:40,980
off uh you know sign up for the emails

1087
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:43,560
and volunteer to go to school uh one

1088
00:46:49,910 --> 00:46:46,800
time College go and give a talk uh you

1089
00:46:52,190 --> 00:46:49,920
know and uh and and that is uh uh very

1090
00:46:54,290 --> 00:46:52,200
Envision but the other advice that you

1091
00:46:56,329 --> 00:46:54,300
know if you do want to take a a mentee

1092
00:46:58,130 --> 00:46:56,339
uh that I want to give you I want to

1093
00:47:00,770 --> 00:46:58,140
give you advice that I I got a long time

1094
00:47:02,390 --> 00:47:00,780
ago and you saw that that you're the

1095
00:47:05,329 --> 00:47:02,400
mentor you're not there to tell them

1096
00:47:07,190 --> 00:47:05,339
what to do and uh and and your job is to

1097
00:47:10,069 --> 00:47:07,200
extract from them what is it that they

1098
00:47:12,589 --> 00:47:10,079
want to do and unfortunately you know

1099
00:47:14,089 --> 00:47:12,599
some mentors feel like they have to tell

1100
00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:14,099
people you have to do this and you have

1101
00:47:19,370 --> 00:47:16,260
to do that and you know ask the

1102
00:47:21,410 --> 00:47:19,380
questions ask the the the

1103
00:47:24,650 --> 00:47:21,420
the questions that are gonna

1104
00:47:26,809 --> 00:47:24,660
be be able to to bring out what is it

1105
00:47:28,790 --> 00:47:26,819
that they their path and and what you

1106
00:47:31,490 --> 00:47:28,800
said that they want to end up doing but

1107
00:47:33,770 --> 00:47:31,500
I thought it refrain from from making

1108
00:47:35,390 --> 00:47:33,780
judgment and telling them exactly what

1109
00:47:37,609 --> 00:47:35,400
they need to do because if that is where

1110
00:47:40,430 --> 00:47:37,619
you would like to go but not but the

1111
00:47:42,530 --> 00:47:40,440
person would like to go so

1112
00:47:45,349 --> 00:47:42,540
yeah that's a really really good point

1113
00:47:48,250 --> 00:47:45,359
uh for for me mentoring really is about

1114
00:47:51,109 --> 00:47:48,260
you doing all that you can to enable

1115
00:47:53,210 --> 00:47:51,119
other people to achieve their dreams you

1116
00:47:55,849 --> 00:47:53,220
know and and helping them by removing

1117
00:47:58,150 --> 00:47:55,859
helping them to remove barriers and and

1118
00:48:00,770 --> 00:47:58,160
helping them to kind of navigate through

1119
00:48:02,750 --> 00:48:00,780
sometimes shark infested waters it's

1120
00:48:04,370 --> 00:48:02,760
it's really giving them a different set

1121
00:48:06,589 --> 00:48:04,380
of eyes from a different vantage point

1122
00:48:08,270 --> 00:48:06,599
but the one thing that I would say that

1123
00:48:10,750 --> 00:48:08,280
is really really important for anyone

1124
00:48:14,030 --> 00:48:10,760
who's thinking about being a mentor

1125
00:48:16,609 --> 00:48:14,040
really think about the place that you're

1126
00:48:18,770 --> 00:48:16,619
coming from and doing it because there

1127
00:48:21,410 --> 00:48:18,780
are some really wonderful effective

1128
00:48:24,109 --> 00:48:21,420
mentors and there are some that are not

1129
00:48:26,569 --> 00:48:24,119
so effective and so you really have to

1130
00:48:28,790 --> 00:48:26,579
be comfortable and it has to be coming

1131
00:48:31,550 --> 00:48:28,800
from a place of love to tell you that

1132
00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:31,560
the God's honest truth really it has to

1133
00:48:36,710 --> 00:48:33,599
be about you caring about that person

1134
00:48:39,710 --> 00:48:36,720
and if if someone is pressuring you to

1135
00:48:40,609 --> 00:48:39,720
Mentor or to get you know enroll in this

1136
00:48:43,609 --> 00:48:40,619
program

1137
00:48:45,290 --> 00:48:43,619
don't do it because somebody else wants

1138
00:48:47,210 --> 00:48:45,300
you to do it it really has to be

1139
00:48:49,849 --> 00:48:47,220
something that you're passionate about

1140
00:48:52,130 --> 00:48:49,859
in terms of being able to help others so

1141
00:48:54,650 --> 00:48:52,140
take that time to pause if you're not

1142
00:48:57,290 --> 00:48:54,660
comfortable it's okay you don't have to

1143
00:48:58,670 --> 00:48:57,300
do this it really really needs to be

1144
00:49:00,890 --> 00:48:58,680
something that you're passionate about

1145
00:49:02,930 --> 00:49:00,900
in order for you to to be effective

1146
00:49:05,210 --> 00:49:02,940
because if you're not the person you're

1147
00:49:06,589 --> 00:49:05,220
mentoring will feel it and they will get

1148
00:49:08,750 --> 00:49:06,599
to a place where they say this whole

1149
00:49:11,270 --> 00:49:08,760
mentoring thing doesn't work for me and

1150
00:49:14,930 --> 00:49:11,280
so that's anti what we're trying to

1151
00:49:20,930 --> 00:49:17,510
so everything that you all shared of

1152
00:49:23,990 --> 00:49:20,940
course resonates with me tremendously in

1153
00:49:27,230 --> 00:49:24,000
terms of the things that we we really

1154
00:49:30,470 --> 00:49:27,240
want all of you to consider

1155
00:49:34,309 --> 00:49:30,480
um I think what what strikes me most is

1156
00:49:36,230 --> 00:49:34,319
that when I talk to students about

1157
00:49:38,630 --> 00:49:36,240
trying on I'll talk about putting on

1158
00:49:40,370 --> 00:49:38,640
their Explorer hats and trying on some

1159
00:49:42,050 --> 00:49:40,380
new things and not being afraid of

1160
00:49:43,670 --> 00:49:42,060
trying on those new things so Mom did

1161
00:49:47,290 --> 00:49:43,680
what you said

1162
00:49:50,650 --> 00:49:47,300
um it applies to us too right is it is

1163
00:49:53,390 --> 00:49:50,660
trying on something new with respect to

1164
00:49:58,309 --> 00:49:53,400
reaching out to someone whose early

1165
00:50:00,589 --> 00:49:58,319
career or or who is a student that is it

1166
00:50:02,750 --> 00:50:00,599
may maybe new territory for some of you

1167
00:50:05,690 --> 00:50:02,760
but I think trying on a few different

1168
00:50:09,109 --> 00:50:05,700
things and finding finding in a sense

1169
00:50:12,109 --> 00:50:09,119
your your path I think could be a really

1170
00:50:14,329 --> 00:50:12,119
great way to look at it and I I guess

1171
00:50:16,190 --> 00:50:14,339
I'd just go back to what I started with

1172
00:50:19,490 --> 00:50:16,200
is

1173
00:50:22,190 --> 00:50:19,500
um telling your stories the the the the

1174
00:50:25,670 --> 00:50:22,200
work we do at Nasa is so exciting if you

1175
00:50:26,930 --> 00:50:25,680
think about it I'm just a replaying what

1176
00:50:29,510 --> 00:50:26,940
happened with James Webb's face

1177
00:50:32,530 --> 00:50:29,520
telescope just not too long ago

1178
00:50:35,630 --> 00:50:32,540
and how it literally captured

1179
00:50:40,309 --> 00:50:35,640
imaginations of people all across the

1180
00:50:43,790 --> 00:50:40,319
globe and in the end yes it's it's the

1181
00:50:48,410 --> 00:50:43,800
it's the work excuse me in the discovery

1182
00:50:51,950 --> 00:50:48,420
that is exciting and compelling but I'd

1183
00:50:55,430 --> 00:50:51,960
venture to say it was the human story

1184
00:50:57,890 --> 00:50:55,440
behind it the people behind it who

1185
00:51:00,950 --> 00:50:57,900
devoted years and years of their lives

1186
00:51:04,750 --> 00:51:00,960
to do their life's work and how

1187
00:51:08,750 --> 00:51:04,760
compelling and and inspirational that is

1188
00:51:11,930 --> 00:51:08,760
and so I would say apply that and kind

1189
00:51:13,630 --> 00:51:11,940
of look at look at yourselves to say my

1190
00:51:16,430 --> 00:51:13,640
story

1191
00:51:19,430 --> 00:51:16,440
I think you said it and I the same with

1192
00:51:22,250 --> 00:51:19,440
me I mean I just what's my story right

1193
00:51:24,170 --> 00:51:22,260
but there have been so many experiences

1194
00:51:26,510 --> 00:51:24,180
that I've had one-on-one with students

1195
00:51:29,210 --> 00:51:26,520
but also with groups of students where

1196
00:51:30,950 --> 00:51:29,220
you can actually see that spark you can

1197
00:51:34,069 --> 00:51:30,960
actually see them

1198
00:51:36,589 --> 00:51:34,079
and starting to to shift or Envision

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00:51:38,930 --> 00:51:36,599
themselves in a way that that they

1200
00:51:41,450 --> 00:51:38,940
didn't when you when you started

1201
00:51:44,569 --> 00:51:41,460
and you don't really know how you're

1202
00:51:46,309 --> 00:51:44,579
going to touch a student or or or have

1203
00:51:50,150 --> 00:51:46,319
that impact

1204
00:51:51,829 --> 00:51:50,160
but but you do and uh I just encourage

1205
00:51:54,650 --> 00:51:51,839
you all to think about it and I think

1206
00:51:58,309 --> 00:51:54,660
it's one of you said what you give you

1207
00:52:01,190 --> 00:51:58,319
get back as well it is just a rich

1208
00:52:03,950 --> 00:52:01,200
wonderful experience and I hope that you

1209
00:52:06,470 --> 00:52:03,960
will will join us I guess one last thing

1210
00:52:09,049 --> 00:52:06,480
is we're really trying to drive systemic

1211
00:52:11,030 --> 00:52:09,059
change in the work we do in stem

1212
00:52:13,609 --> 00:52:11,040
engagement particularly in NASA's

1213
00:52:16,609 --> 00:52:13,619
investments in in what we do we're

1214
00:52:17,390 --> 00:52:16,619
trying to do to to make that impact at a

1215
00:52:19,370 --> 00:52:17,400
scale

1216
00:52:21,470 --> 00:52:19,380
and that's what this initiative is

1217
00:52:24,109 --> 00:52:21,480
really about is building that community

1218
00:52:27,410 --> 00:52:24,119
of people who who are engaged and

1219
00:52:29,030 --> 00:52:27,420
committed to doing this work and again I

1220
00:52:31,130 --> 00:52:29,040
hope that you'll all join us

1221
00:52:33,770 --> 00:52:31,140
thank you and there's just so much

1222
00:52:35,870 --> 00:52:33,780
incredible wisdom and knowledge amongst

1223
00:52:37,730 --> 00:52:35,880
these panelists that is all the time we

1224
00:52:40,130 --> 00:52:37,740
have but I did want to thank you for

1225
00:52:42,470 --> 00:52:40,140
just sharing your experiences and your

1226
00:52:44,930 --> 00:52:42,480
Insight this has really been just a

1227
00:52:47,210 --> 00:52:44,940
powerful discussion on what an impact we

1228
00:52:49,490 --> 00:52:47,220
can have when our communities get

1229
00:52:52,190 --> 00:52:49,500
together and what's possible when we

1230
00:53:00,890 --> 00:52:52,200
share our stories so please join me in

1231
00:53:06,770 --> 00:53:03,650
women at Nasa have built a tremendous

1232
00:53:09,650 --> 00:53:06,780
Legacy of achievements and exploration

1233
00:53:12,349 --> 00:53:09,660
and Discovery over the agency's history

1234
00:53:14,809 --> 00:53:12,359
and our community of women today are

1235
00:53:17,870 --> 00:53:14,819
forging new Innovations and discoveries

1236
00:53:20,150 --> 00:53:17,880
that will have their place in history

1237
00:53:22,609 --> 00:53:20,160
This Woman's history month we encourage

1238
00:53:26,270 --> 00:53:22,619
you to explore how you might share your

1239
00:53:29,030 --> 00:53:26,280
story to inspire connect and support the

1240
00:53:32,270 --> 00:53:29,040
next generation of women in stem through

1241
00:53:34,309 --> 00:53:32,280
NASA's woman in stem 2023 initiative

1242
00:53:36,530 --> 00:53:34,319
please refer to Deputy Administrator

1243
00:53:38,870 --> 00:53:36,540
melroy's message on how to get involved

1244
00:53:40,810 --> 00:53:38,880
today this concludes our program and

1245
00:53:58,050 --> 00:53:40,820
thank you for joining us

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