I am a Colombian aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
I am Mission Lead for the Mars Curiosity rover.
I was born in Cali in Colombia I immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen with only $300. She started English lessons at the Miami Dade College and worked as a housekeeper to support her studies I eventually transferred to the University of Florida to continue her studies in engineering I has been involved in several initiatives to inspire young people from Latin America to pursue a career in science and engineering I will take the man to step on the rojo red planet .