My dream is to someday support the space station, and I think that's going to happen for me. In 2002, if you come back and talk to me, I may be the logistics manager for the space station here at Ames for the centrifuge facilities and the experiment facilities. It was a teacher that planted the seed, making sure that I had an objective. I just kind of latched onto that and used it to propel me toward college, get me through college and keep me going. Even though I'm not a teacher, everything I've learned in college, I've used.
Advice Pick something to shoot for.
It doesn't really matter if you change your mind later but find what you're good at, pick something that interests you, and then you'll be successful. I think the fact that I picked something that required a college degree was significant. I probably would not have ended up in college. In hindsight I think that it was the best thing for me because I learned not only the skills of the job I was being trained to do, but I learned a lot of life skills. I learned how to support myself and finishing was very significant.