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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

Sylvia Acevedo

This memoir recounts Sylvia Acevedo’s path from joining the Girl Scouts as a Brownie to becoming a rocket scientist and chief executive of Girl Scouts of the USA. Her membership challenges gender expectations within her Latinx community. A meningitis outbreak in her low-income neighborhood permanently affects her family. She is a Latina rocket scientist and Girl Scouts of the USA CEO.

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Themes
Community · Medicine And Health · Science · Women And Girls · Work And Careers
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 4, 2018
ISBN-13
9780358206934
Language
English
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