Student Name: Nanami                                                                              
Person Whom You Have Selected: Mae Jemison

WHY I CHOSE THIS PERSON? OPINION

   I chose Mae Jemison because she is an interesting person who has definitely accomplished many of her goals and also because is an African American women

I can look up to.

 

 

WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND OTHERS? FACT AND OPINION

  Mae Jemison is important to me and others because she was the fist African American women to land on the moon and she shows many people, such as me, that anything’s possible.

 

 

CHILDHOOD FACTS

  Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama on October 17, 1956. Mae had two siblings and she was the youngest of all. At three Mae moved to Chicago, Illinois with her siblings and parents, Charlie and Dorothy. Even if Mae was born in Alabama she considers Chicago to be her hometown. From Mae’s childhood she’s been interested in anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, which her uncle had introduced to her at a very early age.

 

  

ADULTHOOD FACTS

  In Mae Jemison’s adulthood she had many recreational interests such as traveling, photography, sewing, skiing, graphic arts and speaks three different languages besides English such as Russian, Swahili, and Japanese. Mae graduated from Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1993. Mae has received many degrees, for example, Mae has received a doctorate degree in medicine form Cornell University in 1981. NASA selected Mae astronaut training in 1982. Dr. Mae Jemison finished her training as being a mission specialist with NASA 1988. In 1992 in the month of September, when Mae was on board the shuttle ENDEAVER, and became the first African American woman to explore space. In 1993 Mae departed from NASA and in the same year she appeared on “Star Trek: The First Generation”. Currently Mae is focusing on increasing the healthcare in Africa and other countries. Mae Jemison is now a college professor
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD

   One contribution that Mae Jemison made was opening a new door to women that want to be astronauts and go into space and who dream of doing these things.

 

 

 

 

 

HOW DID LEARNING ABOUT THIS PERSON HELP YOU AND HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? OPINION

   Learning about Mae Jemison helped me because I now realize another thing I would like to be…an astronaut! It also helped me believe that anything’s possible even if no one has ever done it before.

 

 

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND LEARNING ABOUT THIS PERSON TO SOMEONE ELSE AND WHY? OPINION

    Yes! I would definitely recommend learning about Mae Jemison. I would recommend learning about her because she made world history and learning about someone who made world history is so awesome! She made world history when she went into space and when she did this; she became the first African American women to enter space.