Emerald Cove Middle School seventh grade pre-IT academy students recently got up close and personal with NASA Systems Engineer Nujoud Merancy. Merancy interacted with the students discussing upcoming milestones for the Orion spacecraft and discussed various career options available in the space industry. She encouraged the students to be creative and to not only use the tools that they will learn during their academic journey but to apply them to real-world problems. Shown here, students listen to Merancy’s presentation.