Ellen Ochoa was born on May 10th, ‘58 in Los Angeles California but grew up in La Mesa, California. She graduated from Grossmont High School in El Cajon on ‘75. She played flute in the Stanford Opera. Her parents divorced when she was in high school so she lived with her mother. She’s married to Coe Miles and has two kids.
Ochoa spent 40 days, 19 hours, and 36 minutes in space. Ochoa was picked by NASA in early 1990 and became an astronaut in July 1991. She joined the 2002 mission and embarked the Shuttle Atlantis to go to the International Space Station (ISS). She was responsible for flight software and she was a flight engineer. She had a positive impact on space research and inspired kids to do better in education and schools. She was also the first Hispanic woman from any country to travel into space. The message she gives to kids today is to “Believe in yourself” and wants kids to do well in school and work hard.
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