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Path to the Stars
- Author
- Sylvia Acevedo
- Narrator
- Almarie Guerra
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 28 May 2019
- Run Time
- 6 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Educational: Technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system, Educational: Technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
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A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo's family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia's life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science.
With new confidence, Sylvia navigated shifting cultural expectations at school and at home, forging her own trail to become one of the first Latinx to graduate with a master's degree in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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- Author
- Sylvia Acevedo
- Narrator
- Almarie Guerra
- Duration
- 6 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781541400740
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Educational: Technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system, Educational: Technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
Synopsis
The inspiring memoir for young listeners about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo's family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia's life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science.With new confidence, Sylvia navigated shifting cultural expectations at school and at home, forging her own trail to become one of the first Latinx to graduate with a master's degree in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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