🇻🇪 Venezuelan engineer Nathalie Quintero is making space for future generations of Latinas in the aerospace industry. The Caracas-born aerospace engineer works as the Core Stage Operations Lead, overseeing the teams that work on the build and design of NASA’s Artemis missions including Artemis II, which is the first crewed deep-space NASA mission since 1972. Quintero’s hard work paid off on April 1 when Artemis II was launched into space at the Kennedy Space Center. In an Instagram post, she wrote about how it was an honor to be part of the team responsible for bringing the historic mission to life: “Seeing the Artemis II rocket launched out of nasakennedy today has been a privilege and a highlight in my career. I will never forget this day, and what the effort of a whole team represents to make itI did happen.” #ArtemisII #NathalieQuintero #ArepaPower #LatinasInSTEM #HLOG