Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 202, Uncommon Origins.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, sometimes we bring in folks who will become the experts.

On this episode, we're bringing in interns who took unusual paths to get to NASA.

I should probably add some context on what the usual path is.

Engineering is by far the most common.

You got your science, your math, they come right out of college and they start a couple

rotations here at NASA.

Now when you think of NASA, you probably probably think this is probably who you think of and you might think well that's not for me I can't join NASA I'm already past that time but the agency is so much more. So joining us is Sean Sevettesar, Laura Polino, and Don Caluia. They're coming

from three different NASA centers to share their stories of taking non-traditional

paths to getting to NASA.

They show their experiences and discuss how to work at NASA if you're thinking about applying.

If you're not thinking of applying, I hope you stick around anyway.

This is the next generation we're hearing from and it was really cool to talk to them.

So here's a conversation with interns from Uncommon Origins that through hard work, determination,

and a splash of luck ended up working at NASA.

Enjoy. T-minus second, county. Mark.

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On the Mid-Life-Life-Men-Life-Sur, correct.

Isn't we have a contest?

Sean... a podcast. Sean, Laura, and Dawn.

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