Tiera Guinn Fletcher occupation engineer
Early and personal life
Tiera Fletcher was born in the greater Atlanta area in Georgia. Her mother Sheila is an accountant and her father Emery Guinn, Jr, is a construction worker. Her parents encouraged her to calculate things and measure things in her daily life. These exercises – including coupon clipping, totaling up grocery receipts, and learning about the applications of architecture – challenged Fletcher and set her apart from other kids her age. At eleven years old, she zeroed in on her interest in Aerospace engineering while participating in an aerospace program put on by Lockheed Martin.She was married in July 2017 to Myron Fletcher, an aerospace engineer who also works at Boeing, being a pilot. Both she and her husband share an interest in influencing young people to join the world of STEM along with increasing the diversity of STEM fields.Career
After graduating from MIT, Fletcher took up a position at Boeing as a Structural Analysis Engineer. She is one of the lead engineers and designers working on the Space Launch System for NASA which aims to put humans on Mars. The area that Fletcher works on is the exploratory upper stage of the spacecraft which helps the craft complete its ascent phase. She is part of the Engine Section Task Leading team responsible for this, of which she is the youngest member.
job profession career vocation employment