Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 86 Pathways. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today. On this podcast we bring in the experts,

NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know the

coolest information about what's going on right here at NASA. But experts have to start

somewhere. A lot of experts spent their whole careers here coming in as students, landing the full-time

offer, and learning side-by-side

with veterans until they themselves become the experts. So today we're talking

about a program near and near to my heart, the Pathways Internship Program.

Near and dear to me because I was once a Pathways Internship Program. Near and dear to me because I was once a Pathways Intern.

No expert though, I'm getting there.

At a high level, this is a program where you are employed by NASA directly as a student.

You spend a few semesters, maybe a few summers. you are employed by NASA directly as a student.

You spend a few semesters, maybe a few summers,

or one or more centers across the US,

and then if you prove yourself,

you land a full-time gig with NASA.

So today we're talking with Jonathan Abari and Alexis Vance. Jonathan runs the show as the

program manager for the Pathways Program. He himself was once a co-op, a Pathways

intern which used to be co-ops. We'll get into that. But Alexis Vance is currently an

intern in the Crew and Thermal Systems Division. She has a pretty good perspective on what it's

like to be a student and a NASA intern now in 2019.

So with no further delay, let's go right ahead to our talk with Mr. Jonathan Nabari and Miss

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