{"id":591780,"date":"2024-01-11T12:42:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=591780"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:39:58","slug":"nasa-astronaut-congresswoman-discuss-stem-careers-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/nicole-aunapu-mann\/nasa-astronaut-congresswoman-discuss-stem-careers-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut, Congresswoman Discuss STEM Careers with Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 49% 55%; object-position: 49% 55%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png 2609w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=300,224 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=768,574 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=1024,765 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=1536,1148 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=2048,1531 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=400,299 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=600,448 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=900,673 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=1200,897 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?resize=2000,1495 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brandon Torres<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/nicole-a-mann\/\">Nicole Mann<\/a> and U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren talk with students and families at Youth Alliance, a community organization in Hollister, California, on Jan. 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mann, who was born in another small California community, spoke about her parents\u2019 work as an auto mechanic and a manicurist and her own path to becoming a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. Later, she said, becoming the first indigenous woman from NASA to go to space helped her connect with people of other indigenous communities. Mann is registered with the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lofgren, the ranking member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, highlighted the diverse careers available at NASA, including both technical and non-technical jobs. She reminded the young people present that NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center, located nearby in California\u2019s Silicon Valley, is a resource available to them, and encouraged the students to <a href=\"https:\/\/intern.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">apply for internships<\/a> there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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Mann, who was born in another small California community, spoke about her parents\u2019 work as an auto mechanic and a manicurist and her own path to becoming a colonel in the [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":591807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3419,2854,2800,3216,1,2663],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[10477],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Astronaut, Congresswoman Discuss STEM Careers with Students","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/nicole-aunapu-mann\/nasa-astronaut-congresswoman-discuss-stem-careers-with-students\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/nicole-aunapu-mann\/nasa-astronaut-congresswoman-discuss-stem-careers-with-students\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Tabor"}],"creator":["Abby Tabor"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Learning Resources","Nicole Aunapu Mann","Ames Research Center","Astronauts","Becoming an Astronaut","General"],"dateCreated":"2024-01-11T17:42:47Z","datePublished":"2024-01-11T17:42:47Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T19:39:58Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Astronaut, Congresswoman Discuss STEM Careers with Students\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/nicole-aunapu-mann\/nasa-astronaut-congresswoman-discuss-stem-careers-with-students\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-01-11T17:42:47Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Learning Resources,Nicole Aunapu Mann,Ames Research Center,Astronauts,Becoming an Astronaut,General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Abby Tabor\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"time_ago":"5 months","featured_image":{"id":591807,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acd24-0002-004-crop.png","title":"Youth Alliance Hosts Meet & Greet with NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren","alt":"","caption":"NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren talk with students and families at Youth Alliance, a community organization in Hollister, California, on Jan. 5, 2024."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591780"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591903,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591780\/revisions\/591903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591780"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=591780"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=591780"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=591780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}