# @ucsc on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2021-09-02T19:48:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC Santa Cruz (@ucsc) — https://gondola.cc/ucsc

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💫 Repost from nasainternships 💫
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⁣Meet Allison Nguyen, a NASAEarth Applied Sciences intern and doctoral student at UCSC studying psychology. ⁣
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“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. ⁣
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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.” ⁣
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🚀 Discover how her role as one a #NASAInterns has spurred lasting & meaningful change for the NASA workforce at our link in bio. 

#ucsc #ucsantacruz  #WomenAtNASA #NASASTEM

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