Portrait Of: Former NASA Engineer Sylvia Acevedo on Being the Only Woman in the Room
Portrait Of: Former NASA Engineer Sylvia Acevedo on Being the Only Woman in the Room
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Maria Hinojosa sits down with the CEO of the Girl Scouts, Sylvia Acevedo, who is also an American engineer, businesswoman, and executive. She discusses what it was like to be a pioneering Latina engineer in the male-dominated world of NASA, and how she went from being a rocket scientist to being the CEO of the Girl Scouts.This segment was originally broadcast on September 29, 2017.