i always loved putting things together
and wanting to know how things worked
one christmas i remember my mom giving
me a barbie doll house
and the dream house they put it together
that night before i guess
and i was pretty upset that it was
already put together i wanted to do it
so that that was one of the things very
early on that they had a
clue of maybe she wants to do something
with her hands but then
it later evolved to engineering
in college i had to work to get through
college so
i would work a semester and then the
following semester take the money
from that to pay for that that semester
and it took me a little longer to finish
because of that
i didn't let it stop me i kept going
my path to working a guided and the
hubble
program started with i actually
interviewed
for a different company they were not
interested and forwarded my resume
and believe it or not i never heard of
the hubble project
so when i got the phone call
i was trying to figure out who are these
people i didn't interview with them
i didn't give my resume to them but i
had the interview
and here i am 21
years later and in a career that i never
even
thought of and grateful very much
grateful for
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i have many favorite moments from
working on the hubble
outside of the engineering aspect of it
hubble is very much a family unit
we've grown together we know each
other's families
each other's children and spouses it is
so much of a family some fun moments or
the best moments for me
have been the servicing missions and
while
there was a lot of planning and a lot of
grueling hours
involved because of the people
it made the job so much fun
and exciting the advice i would give
to young females or even just
a young person in general would be they
not give up
and if you have a talent that you
feel or not just a talent um
a talent or a skill that you feel
is a god-given thing and it is a strong
desire in you to fulfill
then you'll be able to do it regardless
of what
adversity or what roadblocks or
challenges come your way
don't stop keep going and it will
eventually happen