Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
Written by Sylvia Acevedo
Published by Clarion Books
The inspiring memoir for young readers 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 USA.
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 in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Look for the Spanish version, Camino A Las Estrellas: Mi Recorrido de Girl Scout a Ingeniera Astronáutica.
Primary ISBN: 9781328809568
Publication Date: September 2018
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Middle Grade, Biography, Age 10 or older
Community Represented: Mexican/Mexican American
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Biography, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Setting: United States (New Mexico)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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Source: sylviaacevedo.org