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Diana Trujillo
Diana Trujillo, an aerospace engineer, has played an integral role in one of the greatest space missions of the last several years, The Mars Perseverance rover. She is currently the Technical Group Supervisor for Sequence Planning and Execution and a Tactical Mission Lead for the Mars Perseverance rover. Born and raised in Colombia, Trujillo immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 17 to pursue her dream of working for NASA. While enrolled in English-as-a-second-language courses, she also worked full time to support her studies in community college and later the University of Florida and University of Maryland. She has held several roles for NASA and JPL, including Mars Curiosity rover mission lead, deputy project system engineer, and Deputy Team Chief of Engineering Operations on Curiosity. Trujillo has also been active in sharing the excitement and opportunities of STEM with the public. She co-created and hosted #JuntosPerseveramos, NASA's first-ever Spanish-language live broadcast of a planetary landing, for Perseverance's arrival on Mars, which attracted millions of viewers worldwide.
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