Women of Weather Featuring Ezinne Uzo-Okoro of Space Policy at the White House

Meet Ezinne… #WOW, what an inspiration! Every young person should watch this.   Interested to understand how space and impact here on earth are related?...

Meet Ezinne…

#WOW, what an inspiration! Every young person should watch this. 

 

Interested to understand how space and impact here on earth are related? Look no further. I had the honour and pleasure of chatting with Ezinne recently, covering fascinating questions such as: What change do you want to see in the world? Tell me about a typical day in the life of you? What advice would you give your younger self?

Ezinne Uzo-Okoro is a the Assistant Director of Space Policy, OSTP (Office Science Technology Policy) at the White House and former NASA executive who has built, managed, and reviewed over 60 spaceflight programs in over 16 years representing $9.2 Billion in total program value to NASA. She builds spacecraft and also helps to foster growing food in extreme environments so that we can potentially grow food in space.

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Georgina is the co-founder of tomorrownow.org, connecting climate tech with communities in need. She spent a decade at MIT, leading initiatives on technology and social impact. She has worked with the World Bank and Harvard. Georgina supports STEM leadership and is a Parish Councillor. She studied at Oxford and MIT.