A normal day at work is very different day-to-day because you never know what's
gonna happen it could be anything from planning an outreach event or you have
meetings all day long where you're planning for an upcoming event things
change all the time but we're always planning for the next event were always
planning for the next activity. My name is Stephanie Clark and I am the outreach
coordinator for the Hubble Space Telescope. I've always loved science I
have a degree in kinesiology which is exercise science I've always loved earth
science in particular biology and just how things work I've always found that
really fascinating so I wanted to pursue a career in science and I've always
loved working with people I wanted to work with children my whole life this
job gives me the ability to do that and talk to kids about science and space and
it's just really amazing when you you see that a kid learned something new you
can kind of see it in their face their face cut lights up and they're kind
that's really cool again this is really cool.
My number-one responsibility is planning and coordinating outreach events coming
up with new materials that are interesting for people to engage with
when we're at these outreach events to giving teachers the tools that they need
to spread along the word for us that's a part of it too is you know provide the
materials that they can use to inspire creativity and inspire Wonder.
My favorite image is a star cluster Westerlund 2 - I just think it's absolutely
beautiful the colors and seeing all the stars it's just amazing.
The thing about working on a project like Hubble is that it's the reason why
you you know what you know about space. This is amazing this stuff is going to
be in textbooks and stuff that Hubble is providing and this is gonna be impact
on the world forever and then you kind of realize hey my kids are gonna be
learning about this one day and I'm a part of it that's it's it's an amazing
feeling but when you take a step back and you talk to other people and you you
know you go to events and you talk to kids and you see how you know they want
to be an astronaut or they want to be a scientist and they want to use Hubble
for a certain thing that it's just amazing that's to me that's the that's
the best part.