Role Models and Mentors for Young Women in Stem Fields
Alyssa Carson Wants to Make Space for Women in STEM
Alyssa Carson, also known by the call sign Blueberry, is an American undergraduate college student whose goal is training as an astronaut and being selected for future human spaceflight to Mars. In 2013, she was recognized by NASA as the first to visit all 14 NASA Visitor Centers in the United States and sat on the NASA Mer 10 panel at age 12 discussing future missions to Mars in the 2030s. Alyssa’s personal experiences as a young woman in STEM drove her to partner with science-backed skin-care brand OLAY for its #FaceTheSTEMGap initiative, working alongside the brand to help double the number of women and triple the number of women of color in STEM by the year 2030. Alyssa has her rocket license, advanced scuba certification, pilot license, skydiving class A license, and is a certified aquanaut.
