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i always loved putting things together

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and wanting to know how things worked

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one christmas i remember my mom giving

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me a barbie doll house

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and the dream house they put it together

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that night before i guess

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and i was pretty upset that it was

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already put together i wanted to do it

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so that that was one of the things very

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early on that they had a

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clue of maybe she wants to do something

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with her hands but then

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it later evolved to engineering

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in college i had to work to get through

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college so

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i would work a semester and then the

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following semester take the money

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from that to pay for that that semester

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and it took me a little longer to finish

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because of that

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i didn't let it stop me i kept going

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my path to working a guided and the

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hubble

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program started with i actually

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interviewed

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for a different company they were not

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interested and forwarded my resume

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and believe it or not i never heard of

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the hubble project

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so when i got the phone call

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i was trying to figure out who are these

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people i didn't interview with them

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i didn't give my resume to them but i

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had the interview

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and here i am 21

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years later and in a career that i never

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even

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thought of and grateful very much

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grateful for

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[Music]

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i have many favorite moments from

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working on the hubble

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outside of the engineering aspect of it

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hubble is very much a family unit

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we've grown together we know each

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other's families

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each other's children and spouses it is

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so much of a family some fun moments or

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the best moments for me

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have been the servicing missions and

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while

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there was a lot of planning and a lot of

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grueling hours

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involved because of the people

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it made the job so much fun

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and exciting the advice i would give

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to young females or even just

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a young person in general would be they

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not give up

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and if you have a talent that you

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feel or not just a talent um

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a talent or a skill that you feel

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is a god-given thing and it is a strong

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desire in you to fulfill

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then you'll be able to do it regardless

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of what

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adversity or what roadblocks or

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challenges come your way

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don't stop keep going and it will

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eventually happen