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Believe in yourself and aim for the stars, some advice for the young people of T&T.

It's coming from someone, who literally knows the stars above, better than most people.

She's an aerospace engineer and former NASA leader, and she spoke at the World of Work Seminar and Launch.
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00:003, 2, 1 and liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
00:07From Trinidad and Tobago to the launch pad at NASA and back to TNT to inspire the next
00:13generation of leaders.
00:16I had a few failures during my college career but I always say it's not where you start
00:25it's where you finish.
00:27Born and raised in the red, white and black before migrating to the U.S., Dr. Camille
00:32Wardrop-Allen became the first African-American to lead a major human spaceflight program
00:39at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
00:43It wasn't easy, I mean often times you don't see people who look like me in the spaces
00:51of NASA when you see them on TV and stuff like that.
00:54She was a feature speaker at the World of Work seminar hosted by UWE and Republic Bank.
01:04This year's theme is Mission Planet World of Work, prepare to launch.
01:09She spent 29 years advancing aerospace and space technology.
01:14This is Ask NASA and I'm ready for your questions.
01:18And now Dr. Wardrop-Allen is urging students to sometimes step out of their comfort zone
01:23and to advocate for themselves.
01:27So it was not an easy environment as a woman and a woman of color, right?
01:34But my determination and my perseverance is what allowed me to keep moving forward.
01:44Now retired from NASA, she says it's important to follow your passion and see where you end up.
01:51And it's so important to be a yes to opportunities and to open your mind and open your heart
01:59to opportunities that come even though it doesn't look like what you think it should look like.
02:05Anselm Gibbs, TV6 News.
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