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Posted on September 10, 2018 at 8:20 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Sylvia Acevedo embodies the American Dream.
Her Brownies troop leader happened to notice the young Acevedo — who came from a financially struggling family — staring up at the stars one night.
The troop leader helped her identify a few constellations, putting her on the path to earning a master’s in engineering from Stanford, working as a rocket scientist for NASA, and ultimately leading the Girl Scouts.
Acevedo has written about this journey in a memoir, Path to the Stars, which she discussed with All Things Considered’s Elissa Nadworny.
Listen to the interview below or read an edited transcript on NPR’s website.
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