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Joy was always interested in STEM from a young age. She loved creating things with items she found around the house. which led her to working on circuits and then programming. She started college at 16 at Jacksonville State University. She majored in…

Mitzi was interested in rocks, geology, and astronomy as a child. She grew up during the space age and she recalls watching rocket launches in class. When she was ready to go to college, she chose to major in space sciences at Florida Institute of…

SueAnne wanted to be a tug boat captain which later transitioned to wanting to go to space. She went to Auburn University and initially majored in music performance-clarinet and software engineering before graduating with double major in wireless…

As a child, LeLoni was interested in becoming a nurse because she always wanted to help people. She went to Pensacola Christian Academy for Nursing for 2 years before dropping out and moving back to her home state of Alaska. While working at grocery…

Alisa was interested in STEM when she was very young. She recalls that she fell in love with a book about Marie Curry. Since her mother went to Brigham Young University, she chose to go to BYU as well for Mechanical Engineering to work in the space…

Robin was interested in science growing up, stating she would play with chemistry and geology kits. She went to Tennessee Tech with a major in mechanical engineering after switching from electrical engineering. During her college experience, she…

Ann was raised near Plainsvile, GA, and majored in physics at Berry College. She went to the University of Alabama, and inspired by Sputnik, got a job at MSFC in 1963. Beginning with materials development for propulsion and vehicles engineering, she…

Anthony Young was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He recalls the influence of the space race, Tom Swick Jr. novels, and model rocketry on his career choice, convincing him to get involved with design and engineering. He went to Delaware Tech, and…

Axel's spaceflight history begins with his father, Ludwig "Rote" Roth, who worked on the V2 program at Peenemünde. Following several relocations over the course of the war, the family would be split, then reunited in El Paso, Texas. The family would…