"Throughout Johnson Space Center's history, contributions to STEM innovation and discoveries has been..." — Ellen Ochoa

We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.

Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college.

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars.