Women's History Project by Chang, Liam - 0687951

Intro

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Diana Trujillo was born in Colombia in 1983. She moved to the US as a teenager and studied at the University of Florida and the University of Maryland. She joined NASA in 2007 and served many roles. She was telecom systems engineer for the Mars Curiosity Rover. She played a part in the process of many mars rovers, and she helped NASA discover more about the planet.

Jan 4, 1983

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Diana Trujillo was born on January 4th, 1983 in Cali, Colombia.

Childhood

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Diana Trujillo attended Colegio Internacional Cañaverales, which is a bilingual school focused on IB. She moved to the US at the age of 17, and she studied English at Miami-Dade College. She studied in the University of Florida, and also the University of Maryland. She later earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering, which paved the way for her career.

2007

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In 2007, Trujillo earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, which paved the way for her career later on. She joined NASA in 2007, and she worked on many projects for NASA on human and robotic missions.

2009

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In 2009, she became the telecom engineer for the Curiosity Mars Rover.

2014

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In 2014, Diana Trujillo was promoted to mission lead of the Curiosity Rover.

2020-Present

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Diana Trujillo has done many important projects in NASA, and she is still doing so. She was flight director of the robotic arm of the Perseverance Mars Rover in 2020 and she continues to do many projects.

Accomplishments

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Diana Trujillo came to the United States at a young age to pursue a career at NASA. She has shown great perseverance and she has done many projects for NASA, including Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers. She had great perseverance which led her to finishing her goals.

Risk-Taker

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Diana Trujillo faced challenges with courage. She was persistent and she moved to the U.S. at 17 with very little money to pursue a career. She took many risks and she was able to succeed.

Inquirer

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Diana Trujillo was a curious inquirer. She had a natural curiosity and she took efforts to learn more about things so that she could succeed in the career she wanted.

Knowledgeable

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Diana Trujillo embodies the profile of Knowledgeable. She explored concepts of aerospace engineering in many universities. She came to the U.S. to pursue her career at 17 with very little money, and she succeeded in many NASA projects because of all her effort.

Reflective

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She was reflective because when she worked on many projects she considered many things she leaned. She reflected on her efforts and worked on these projects using everything she learned.

Reflection

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Diana Trujillo has had a huge impact on our nation by doing all of these important projects for NASA. I learned that she moved to the U.S. at a young age with limited money and resources and she was still able to learn. She was still able to follow what she wants to do and she learned how to do everything despite the limited money and resources. What caught my attention the most is that she went to many universities and she used so much effort into her career. She exhibited many IB Learner Profiles when doing this.

Thinker

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Diana Trujillo was a thinker. She used her thinking skills to develop the dust removal system on the curiosity rover and was responsible for many other things in the curiosity mission. She used many thinking skills to help do these NASA projects and her critical and creative thinking led the projects to success.

Reflection 2

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Diana Trujillo has impacted many people. She is still having a huge impact on the world. She played a huge part in engineering Mars Rovers and she helped us discover many things about mars. She strived to learn about her career and she helped these projects succeed. Diana Trujillo has always had a huge impact and still does.

Citations

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Article title

Diana Trujillo

URL

https://hgs-ny.org/diana-trujillo

Website title

HARLEM GALLERY OF SCIENCE

Date accessed

April 8, 2024

Citations

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Article title

Diana Trujillo is an aerospace engineer and Flight Director at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory.

URL

https://awis.org/historical-women/diana-trujillo/

Website title

AWIS

Date accessed

April 11, 2024

Citations

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Article title

Diana Trujillo: From Colombia to Mars

URL

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/diana-trujillo-from-colombia-mars/

Website title

NASA

Date accessed

April 8, 2024