By Goodluck Ikiebe.
Wendy Okolo is a-30-year-old Nigerian born Aeronautic & Space Administration Genius, First African Woman in America’s NASA history.
She received Doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering at 26 from University of Texas, Arlington.
*Earlier worked as a Summer Researcher at Air Force Research Laboratory- a scientific organization operated by the United States Air Force Material Command.
*Presently working as Aerospace Research Engineer at the Ames Research Center for National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Silicon Valley.
Okolo was former president of the society of women engineers, had Bachelors, Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering at same varsity.
“I found an error in NASA code system and fixed it. That turned my destiny around for good. I owe my current feat to my all-time heroes – my sisters – who gave me biology and other science lessons through their
everyday realities. Education breaks all barriers of limitations in life. I will continually make Nigeria proud”, says Okolo.
Culled from nigeriastandardnewspaper.com/ng/
