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From aspiring actress to NASA astrophysicist: A Brooklyn native's unconventional science journey

Rachel Feltman, Sushmita Pathak, Alex Sugiura

16d ago· 20 min readen

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This episode of Scientific American's "Science Quickly" podcast introduces a special series highlighting the inaugural class of Young American Scientists. The featured story follows an aspiring actress from Brooklyn who unexpectedly transitioned into an astrophysics career at NASA, showcasing an unconventional path into STEM. The episode is part of an editorially independent project supported by Regeneron.

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Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American's Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.

This week, we'll be dedicating all of our shows to SciAm's inaugural class of Young American Scientists.

This group of groundbreaking researchers represent the future of science, technology and medicine.

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This young researcher’s unlikely journey into academia will change the way you think about science, failure and belonging

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