Mae Jemison is a awesome person. I am going to write ten facts about her.

1.Her full name is Dr. Mae Carol Jemison.

2. Dr .Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956 and later moved to Chicago, Illinois.

3. Mae Jemison was in the Star Trek TV show.

4. Dr. Jemison went to work for NASA, where she became the first African-American woman in space. She went in to orbit in the space shuttle Endeavour.

5.Dr. Jemison is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saying,  “Too often people paint him like Santa — smiley and inoffensive,” says Jemison. “But when I think of Martin Luther King, I think of attitude, audacity, and bravery.” [1]

6. Jemison started dancing at the age of eleven. She took ballet, jazz, African, modern, and even Japanese style dance.

7.When Mae Jemison was little, she wanted to grow up to be a scientist.

8.After completing her medical training, Jemison joined the staff of the Peace Corps and traveled the world helping people.

9. She was a writer, dancer astronaut, and she went to distant countries to help people. WOW! That is a lot of jobs!

10. She thinks that you should follow your dreams and not give up. Try things that seem interesting and you might amaze yourself.

Mae Jemison is AMAZING!

1. Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison#cite_note-PCOLExcellence-26)