- She was born in Decatur, Alabama in 1956 and later moved to Chicago.
- She started college at Stanford University when she was 16 years old.
- She was also interested in becoming a doctor and in 1981 she became a doctor.
- She joined the Peace Corps in 1983 and worked with the Center for Disease Control researching a number of vaccines.
- She became an astronaut in 1987.
- She was the first female African American astronaut.
- She also likes Star Trek and appeared on an episode in 1993.
- She wrote a book called “Find Where the Wind Goes.”
- In 1999 she founded Bio Sentient Corp working to develop portable devices allowing monitoring of the involuntary nervous system.
- She gives talks about space technology and the importance of science and math and inspires young people around the world to this day.
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