Jessie Kawata, a creative strategist and industrial designer at NASA JPL, joins us this week to discuss the beginnings of her career in design, the complex and constantly evolving nature of her unique role, and what her thoughts are on the industry as a whole.

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Jessie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/okawater

NASA JPL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

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SHOW NOTES:

Google Span: https://design.google.com/span-2016-la/

Art Center: http://www.artcenter.edu/

Journey to Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-journey-to-mars/

“When I look up to the stars and I think ... ‘there’s billions of galaxies out there’ … there’s gotta be something there that will help me to understand who I am.”

-Jessie Kawata

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.