NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon

NASA: “[Rose Ferreira] … didn’t have access to science education … was placed in an underserved high school that sent her back multiple grades because they weren’t satisfied with her English language skills … became homeless in New York and lived in train stations. … was able to earn enough to rent an apartment in Queens and, eventually, get an associate degree … getting hit by a car and a cancer diagnosis … enrolled in a planetary science and astronomy degree program at Arizona State University … dreams of becoming an astronaut and has a shorter-term goal of earning a doctorate.”

“Until a man is twenty-five…” - Neal Stephenson