Making music that matters: part 2. An interview with Dajae Williams.

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dajae Williams is an engineer in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. She works on electrical and mechanical assemblies, all while pursuing her creative side hustle: hip hop music.Dajae has made it her mission to empower youth through her company “Listen Up,” which teaches students Science, Technology, Engineering and Math principles through hip hop music.Dajae talks about why realizing she was a unicorn in her industry was a pivotal moment, and why that lead her to continue pursuing hip hop and STEM Education.Then, Lindsey flexes some creative juices of her own where she shares a Pharmacist Rap.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, everyone to today's episode of The Lindsay Elmore Show. I'm so excited to be
0:06.3	continuing our discussion about making music that matters. Today, I am going to be talking
0:13.5	with Deja Williams, who is a NASA jet propulsion engineer who uses rap music to teach complicated science lessons. I love a woman who
0:25.6	knows how to make science simple. After that, I am going to be sharing with you a little bit of
0:32.2	fun that I had over on TikTok. That's right, I did my own rap all about being a pharmacist. Let's get to the show.
0:41.3	Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast that helps you find fulfillment amidst chaos.
0:46.5	On this show, I interview thought leaders, doctors, creatives, spiritual gurus, and game changers
0:52.1	who inspire you to pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles,
0:56.1	and leave your mark.
1:04.0	Deja Williams is the dopest NASA engineer that you will ever meet. As a young engineer at NASA's jet propulsion lab, Deja ensures the
1:15.1	quality of electrical and mechanical assemblies. When she is not solving technical problems,
1:22.5	she is empowering the youth through her educational company, Listen Up.
1:28.1	She teaches students science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as professional development through the genre of hip-hop music.
1:40.3	Most people don't know this, but Deja initially earned her way through college on a full-ride
1:46.0	basketball scholarship. She wanted to play professionally or at least strive to, but then she
1:53.2	discovered the world of STEM. This new passion turned into an opportunity of a lifetime, an internship at Anheiser-Busch.
2:04.3	Deja decided in that moment to leave her full-ride athletic scholarship on the table and pursue
2:12.0	her dream of engineering. After that internship, she couldn't afford to return to college. So she decided
2:21.0	to return to her roots and played basketball for a local community college. In what seemed like
2:28.2	a series of bad decisions ended up sending her on a path to get to the best direction of her life.
2:39.0	She focused less on basketball and more on her studies. And immediately after that,
2:45.9	internship started rolling in, first at John Deere and then at Toyota, and now she has made her way all the way
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