💫 Repost from nasainternships 💫 ⁣ ⁣Meet Allison Nguyen, a NASAEarth Applied Sciences intern and doctoral student at UCSC studying psychology. ⁣ ⁣ “I study psycholinguistics (a field that combines psychology and language), with my work focusing on spontaneous communication and how we negotiate meaning between conversational partners. ⁣ ⁣ I also do a lot of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility work as a graduate student, including serving on the DEI committee as a student member. My work with that committee focuses on creating a more inclusive department through events and information. As a woman of color from an underrepresented background working in science, I feel a responsibility to be visible and to serve as a resource for others. When I saw the DEIA internship at NASA, which is an organization I admire and look up to for their pursuit of science, I felt that this was a dream opportunity to use my passion for DEIA work in order to contribute to NASA.” ⁣ ⁣ 🚀 Discover ho...