Portrait Of: Sylvia Acevedo

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Portrait Of: Sylvia Acevedo

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Jan 25, 2019

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Maria Hinojosa sits down with the CEO of the Girl Scouts, Sylvia Acevedo, who is also an American engineer, businesswoman, and executive. She discusses what it was like to be a pioneering Latina engineer in the male-dominated world of NASA, and how she went from being a rocket scientist to being the CEO of the Girl Scouts. This segment was originally broadcast on September 29, 2017.

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Jan 25, 2019

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Portrait Of: Sylvia Acevedo

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