{"id":216121,"date":"2023-01-24T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg"},"modified":"2023-07-17T22:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:15:39","slug":"public-affairs-officer-tiffany-fairley-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/public-affairs-officer-tiffany-fairley-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","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":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[11808,11920],"read_time":3,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley stands in front of a mural and smiles at the camera at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ksc-20230124-ph-jbs01_0018.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>“I stress this a lot to my Artemis team here: mental health is very important to me. I say that because my daughter was about two years old when I became a single mother. I was in a very, very bad place. The only thing that I did was take care of her. I had no desire to do anything, including work. So I moved back home with my mom. And after about a year, my mom said, okay, we gotta get moving and snap out of this.<br \/>\n“Easier said than done, but my daughter was getting a little bit older and I wanted to be a good example for her. I actually applied to a temp agency in town and they placed me at the [Kennedy Space Visitor Complex] as a secretary for the CEO. He knew I had my degree, and he asked, \u2018What do you want to do? Tiffany, what do you want to do? Because you’re not going to be a secretary.’<\/p>\n<p>“\u2026And so I took a chance and went ahead and applied. And I was lucky enough to get a position out here at the press site.<\/p>\n<p>“I was working on the logistical side of things prior to becoming a public affairs officer, so I was arranging the VIP tour visits and things of that nature. I was in and out of the facilities and working with the operational teams a lot, arranging visits with media.<\/p>\n<p>“After my first year of doing that, I was selected as one of the representatives to travel to LA to well, ultimately, win the Emmy Award, when we were nominated for Best Interactive broadcast for [the Demo-1 mission]. And it was very close to that time that I decided that I wanted to throw my hat in the ring to try to do the public affairs role.<\/p>\n<p>“\u2026And that brought me here to be able to lead the Artemis team.<br \/>\n“[My daughter] will be 19 in just a few weeks. She’s in college, but doesn’t exactly know what she wants to do. And I say, that’s okay! I didn’t know what I wanted to do until I was well into my thirties. My big takeaway is: it’s okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help. Something very beautiful has spawned out of a dark place that I was in when I first started my career here.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA \/<\/em><em> Ben Smegelsky<\/em><em>Interviewer: NASA \/ Thalia Patrinos <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/faces-of-nasa\">Check out some of our other Faces of NASA.<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>“My big takeaway is: it’s okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help.” \u2014 Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley stands in front of a mural and smiles at the camera at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 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