Today Kevin and I meet with Sara Alvarado who is a current  economics and industrial engineering undergrad working towards her masters in Industrial Engineering at The University of Central Florida. In addition to her school load, Sara works at Universal Orlando Resort as an Industrial Engineer, Hailing from Colombia, she always dreamed big but knew her options were limited in her home country. The US has given her the career opportunities and the reach to empower many more to look up and imagine what could be, and she has kickstarted this by being the national chair of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). SEDS is a student-run non-profit that fosters the development of the interdisciplinary future leaders in space, with close to 100 chapters nationwide. This year Sara has taken a total of 18 students, with over half from Minority Serving Institutions, to the Satellite and ISDC conferences in Washington, DC where they have presented, networked, and even gotten internships on the spot. Sara sees her future job to be in space tourism, and is excited about helping many others become spectators of our blue dot.

SmallSat Education Conference

Aerospace and Innovation Academy