My Mentors

As my PhD advisor, Mason Peck shown below, has been such a tremendously positive and supportive mentor and teacher to me; I wish to offer as many opportunities as I can to students my junior. 

Another mentor I am deeply indebted to is Laura Jones-Wilson, pictured below. Her tireless generosity and and loving pushes have opened so many opportunities. She has set an incredibly high bar for what a professional 'big sister' ought to be.

My first prestigious mentor, Alvin Yew, provided the internship that would change my life. Through a New York Space Grant, I spent a summer in 2014 with Alvin creating his novel star scanner concept. This internship changed my life. After that, I gained a leadership position in my satellite team, got a fellowship for grad school, and conducted research in collaboration with JPL. Since then, he has kept in touch, been my NASA STRF mentor, and attended my defense. We visit each other nearly every year, after all these years.