Let's Go to Space: BLUE-SKY Learning

Episode 56: Parent Perspectives Part 2 with Dr. Ahmed and Mr. Vescio


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Let’s Go to Space BLUESKY Learning is part of a larger educational initiative called the Aerospace and Innovation Academy, which seeks to provide unique and distinctive stem opportunities for passionate middle and high schoolers.

While we often highlight careers in aerospace, today’s podcast is the third in a series where we have been hearing from  parents of students who have incredible resume builders to hear how they believe the program has impacted their child. This is our second episode in the series. 

Dr. Ruhi Ahmed currently serves as Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs at two companies: FLAG Therapeutics Inc.and at Asceneuron She has nearly 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology. Dr. Ahmed earned her B.S. in Biology and M.A. in Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. in Regulatory Sciences and Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Southern California.. Today, she is the proud mom of seventh grader Argyrios Vaitsos who spoke recently at the Hawaiian International Conference of Education

Gary Vescio  is Managing Director of SOUND Wealth Management Group which is a leading financial management and advisory group affiliated with Raymond James.  He is also a former executive of a Fortune 200 technology firm and holds an MBA from the University of Miami. He and his wife Jackie are the parents of 3 boys - the oldest, Michael, who is currently enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was an inaugural member of our Cube-Sat program; and twins Elliott and Tyler who are members of the team today.

SHOW NOTE: Mr. Vescio appears about halfway through due to a log-in issue. 

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Let's Go to Space: BLUE-SKY LearningBy Shawna Christenson

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