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Ellen Ochoa
American astronaut and engineer (born 1958)
Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.[1] In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.[2] Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012.[3] She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
Early life and education
Ellen Lauri Ochoa was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California,[4] to Joseph and Rosanne (née Deardorff) Ochoa. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona and later to California where her father was born.[5] She grew up in La Mesa, California.[1] Ochoa was the middle child of five and neither parent had college degrees.[6]