How to Transition Careers with Yvette Gonzalez a Scientist-Astronaut Candidate with Project Possum – 75

February 5, 2019

Yvette talks about how she transitioned careers, the exact step by step process she went through, and outlines how anyone can use the same process to do the same.

About Yvette

Senior international development leader with over 18 years of experience in human resilience, emergency operations, business development, capture, relationship management, project leadership, and strategic planning in complex contexts. • Yvette has focused on Human Resilience, Urban Environments, Disaster Management, Health, Infrastructure, Engineering, Agriculture, and Stabilization development (COIN) for various not-for-profit and for-profit entities. • She applies resilience to Human Factors in space technology, research, and exploration.

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Project PoSSUM

is a 501(c)(3) research and education organization using citizen-science astronautics to study our mesosphere and communicate the critical role that it plays in the understanding of our global climate while developing compatible space technologies. PoSSUM received support through NASA for tomographic noctilucent cloud missions, Antarctic balloon missions, and microgravity spacesuit evaluations. PoSSUM also maintains a professional astronautics education program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and also engages students through immersive aeronomy and astronautics programs at various locations throughout the US. http://www.projectpossum.com

 

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