Acceptance: Stories about belonging
b'This week, we\\u2019re presenting stories about the struggle to find acceptance \\u2014 whether it\\u2019s at Space Camp or in the United States of America.\\nPart 1:\\xa0 Computer scientist LaShana Lewis\\u2019s childhood dream of attending Space Camp starts to feel far away \\u2014 until she gets the Christmas surprise of a lifetime.\\nPart 2: When Guizella Rocabado leaves her home in Bolivia to pursue her education in the United States, her plan hits an unexpected snag.\\nLaShana Lewis grew up in the St. Louis area of Missouri where her love of the starry sky led her to the STL Science Center as longtime volunteer, and now a docent presenting talks on astronomy and aeronautics.\\xa0 LaShana studied computational mathematics at Michigan Technological University, received a HarvardX honor certificate in computer science, and attended NASA space camp.\\xa0 She discovered Astral AR through the Bootstrapped VC podcast and one thing led to another, joining the company in August 2018 and bringing over 20 years\\u2019 experience in tech and consulting. \\xa0\\n\\nGuizella Rocabado is a PhD student in chemistry at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on chemistry education. She is mainly interested in uncovering the narratives of success of students from all backgrounds. Bringing diversity to STEM fields is a great focus of her work. Her current project is the development and testing of instruments for use with diverse populations to investigate the role of the affective domain in undergraduate STEM learning and persistence. In her spare time she loves to travel, try new foods and meet new people.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'