NASA Spotlight: Felipe Valdez, an inspiring engineer
NASA Space Technology Read this story in English here.Felipe Valdez is a person who took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working from when he started as a university intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.Born in the United States but raised in Mexico, Valdez faced great challenges growing up.“My mother worked long hours, my father battled addiction, and eventually school became inaccessible,” Valdez said.Determined to continue his education, Valdez made the difficult decision to leave his family and return to the U.S. But as a teenager, learning English and adapting to a new environment was a culture shock for him. Despite these changes, his curiosity about subjects such as mathematics and science never waned.“As a child, I always found it easy to work with numbers and was fascinated by how...
