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Arghavan Nawaby and Caroline Valdes

Friends Arghavan Nawaby (54) and Caroline "Leilani" Valdes (49) came together as students at the McComb’s business school Executive MBA program. The two reflect on their friendship, personal experiences that shaped their values, and their time at the University of...

"In Iran there was no space agency. The idea of working at NASA wasn't real. But it's always been my passion." A chat with Yasaman Shirazi.

As a mission scientist Dr. Yasaman Shirazi sends rodent research experiments to the space station. In her role she noticed how much of a gap there was when working with engineers and scientists. Engineers thought scientists make everything difficult. Scientists...

Maria Gomes-Solecki

We talk about my mom's experience coming to the United States for work.

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Sheila Stiles Jewell and Ainissa Ramirez

Sheila Stiles Jewell (77) talks with her friend Ainissa Ramirez (51) about her career as a marine biologist. She describes her early experiences with nature, her journey to marine biology and her work in the field, including her work creating...

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Vidu Garg and Adrianna Matos-Nieves

Vidu Garg (49) tells his Ph.D. student, Adrianna Matos-Nieves (25), about his own scientific and medical training and reflects on the way that he runs his research lab.

Great American listen project

My grandparents talked about their lives, jobs, and what growing up for them was like.

Grandpa’s Childhood

In this story, grandpa Ed talked about his complicated teenage years. This was very special because I rarely see him.

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John Quackenbush and Mary Kalamaras

John Quackenbush (49) tells his wife Mary Kalamaras (50) why he became a physicist, how he started to work in the Human Genome Project, where he currently is professionally, and what he hopes his greatest legacy will be.