Hidden Figures Updated: Women of Color at NASA

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The 2016 film, "Hidden Figures" revealed the contributions of African American women at NASA during the 1960s. Decades later, women of color are a small fraction of the USA's science and engineering employees. At NASA, diversity continues to drive innovation. Hear from four NASA African American, Asian American and Hispanic women innovators describing their work, from inventing new optics to landing safely on the south pole of the moon. Listen as they tell of growing up in Seoul, Korea; Lagos, Nigeria; Puebla, Mexico; and Vicksburg, Mississippi. How did they overcome challenges and end up at NASA? What lessons can we learn from NASA's long history of inclusion and collaboration? How will future generations of women of color drive innovation through diversity?