The Astronomer

This is Jessica, who is an engineer and an astronomer.  I first met her when she came to our astronomy club when she was 14 years old and still in High School.  She was really excited about astronomy and wanted to build a telescope and grind and polish her own mirror!  So I helped her get started on that project.  She graduated from High School and went to Stony Brook University where she graduated with three majors: Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy!  She is now at the University of Arizona working on her PhD!  So I have known her for 15 years!  She came back home with her husband to visit her family, and stopped in so we could catch up after three years of COVID.  What an amazing thing to be friends with her all these years and watch her as she has grown.