San Diego, CA, United States
Age30
Katya Echazarreta is an Electrical Engineer, Citizen Astronaut, Public Speaker, Activist and Model. She began her career at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has worked on 5 NASA missions. On June 4th, 2022, she became the first Mexican-born Woman in Space after being selected by Space for Humanity out of 7,000 applicants from over 120 countries for a mission to analyze the "Overview Effect". Katya has been very active in the fashion world and has been on the cover of Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and others.
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