![]() ![]() ![]() I was afraid that if I spoke up about these struggles, I would somehow miss out on my childhood dream of space exploration. I had to learn thermodynamics and statics, as well as how to navigate a society that was never built to include people like me. There were so many little things that collectively made me feel like I didn’t belong. That feeling was invisible to everyone who wasn’t experiencing it things like being called “aggressive” like it was a bad trait, always being talked over in lab, or not knowing which rocket we sent the Apollo capsule on, much less the date of the moon landing. ![]() Both require discipline, tenacity, and most importantly, they are both things I love doing.Įntering college, I did not anticipate the emotional stress that came with being a minority in my field. As I’m now starting my own space habitat design research project, I’m also preparing for Miss Colorado USA. One of the first novels I read by myself was Crowned by Julie Linker, which followed a teenage girl through the pageant world. One of the first English words I learned was “astronaut” while tracing an aluminum-foil helmet, sitting on my father’s lap. This blog was written by SWE member, aerospace engineering major, and pageant contestant Michelle Lin. ![]()
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