Experience DE+I In Action at NASA | Driving Change | Edward Gonzales
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During the same summer that Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson made private space travel a reality, NASA announced an $18M investment in STEM diversity. But what’s it look like behind the headlines?
With government agencies under a microscope in the wake of an embattled and racially charged Presidential transition, we were grateful to have the opportunity to sit down with Edward Gonzales, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lead for Heliophysics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA’s investment in STEM diversity signals that the importance of recruiting, training, and maintaining a diverse workforce has risen in priority. This is a positive sign following a year that had our nation wake up to the realities of injustice and inequality and their effect on government public service (law enforcement in particular).