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“Obviamente, el español tiene mucho que ver con la accesibilidad y la ampliación de nuestro público. Utilizamos el español como una herramienta para romper esas barreras y conectar con las audiencias. El español es el idioma con el que crecí en Uruguay y el idioma con el que me siento más cómoda. Es maravilloso que pueda utilizarlo como un puente para comunicarme con nuestros públicos en diferentes plataformas.
“Queremos informar, pero también deseamos inspirar y relatar las historias que van más allá de las misiones y la ciencia. Deseamos contar las historias personales en [‘Universo curioso de la NASA’, el primer pódcast en español de la NASA].
“Comenzamos como un episodio extra de una miniserie de un podcast que ya existía [en inglés], ‘NASA’s Curious Universe, pero queríamos desarrollar algo que fuera único, que estuviera específicamente adaptado al público hispano de Estados Unidos y de todo el mundo. Que tuviera nuestro estilo y nuestra voz. Y me siento muy, muy afortunada, orgullosa y agradecida de haber tenido la oportunidad de desarrollar ese pódcast desde cero, con la orientación y el trabajo de otros colegas.
“Como inmigrante que soy, haciendo reportajes sobre otros inmigrantes, quiero mostrarle a la gente que el espacio exterior es para todos, y eso es algo que repetimos una y otra vez. Constantemente confirmo cuán cierto es ese mensaje porque va más allá de la NASA. Va más allá de Estados Unidos. No hay fronteras en el espacio. La gente que trabaja en estas misiones está haciendo algo por la humanidad, no solo por la agencia espacial. Aunque no soy científica ni ingeniera, me siento parte de ello. Yo soy parte de estos momentos históricos, como cuando lanzamos Artemis y la Prueba de Redireccionamiento del Asteroide Doble, DART [por sus siglas en español]”.
– Noelia González, escritora y editora científica sénior de la NASA en español, ADNET Systems, Centro de Vuelos Espaciales Goddard de la NASA
Crédito de la imagen: NASA / Angeles Miron
Entrevistadora: NASA / Angel Kumari
Read this Faces of NASA feature in English here.
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By NASA
NASA/Joel Kowsky “Where I grew up [on my family farm] 100% shaped who I am. In fact, my son and I were talking about high schools and how big his is. His high school population is double the population of the town I grew up in. I had 20 kids in my graduating class, and three of them were foreign exchange students. He asked me, ‘Do you wish you would have gone to a bigger school like us?’ And I said, ‘Actually, no, I don’t.’ I loved where I grew up. I absolutely cherish what it instilled in me, and that’s something I carry with me all the time.
“The earliest lesson was that you are part of something much bigger than yourself. Everybody has an important role in what they’re doing, no matter how small. I remember when we were bringing in the corn. Right now, everybody buys it, but I didn’t buy corn until maybe college because it was a whole family thing. We went and picked the corn. The little kids would shuck it, pulling off all the silk. The grown-ups would shave it off the cob and then push it off to the side, and then the older kids would bag it up into plastic bags. And then everybody went home. It was always about a team. You can be the youngest person or the lowest-ranking person, but you always bring something important to that table.
“Everywhere I’ve been since I got commissioned [as an Air Force officer], my very first office in 1997, I hang an aerial picture of our farm on my wall because it’s [a reminder to] remember where you came from, remember home, and don’t get too big for your britches. No matter what, I could be part of something huge, and I look at that picture and say, ‘I have always been part of something much bigger than myself.’ All the little, tiny moments in life that build upon themselves trace back to that family farm for me.”
– Alana Johnson, Senior Communications Specialist, NASA Headquarters
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Interviewer: NASA/Tahira Allen
Check out some of our other Faces of NASA.
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