smartchickscommune:“What else could a person add to her resume when she speaks four languages (Russi
smartchickscommune:“What else could a person add to her resume when she speaks four languages (Russian, English, Japanese and Swahili), went to Stanford on scholarship at 16, and is founder and president of two technology companies? On September 12, 1992, she was the first black woman in space. Her name is Dr. Mae Jemison.Dr. Jemison was born in Alabama on October 17, 1956, and raised in Chicago. She did well in school from a young age and was able to go to Stanford University on scholarship at the age of 16. She graduated in 1977 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in African-American Studies. She attended medical school at Cornell University and became an MD in 1981. While in medical school, she traveled to Cuba, Africa and Asia to help sick people. After medical school, she spent time in the Peace Corps supervising medical staff in Sierra Leone and Liberia. In 1987, Dr. Jemison fulfilled a lifelong dream of being an astronaut when she was accepted into NASA’s astronaut training program out of over 2000 applicants!”She also acted on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, started 2 major technology companies, is a dancer in jazz and African dance (has choreographed several shows), bravely and with great personal sacrifice saved a peace corps volunteers life while she was serving, is a professor, and uses her platform as an astronaut to spread love of science and technology to youth around the country. -- source link
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