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My name is Begonia Villa and I work currently on the James Webb Space Telescope,

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making sure everything is ready for the normal operations.

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It is the largest and most complex telescope launched into space up to date.

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James Webb is going to look back in time and take pictures of the first galaxies and stars in the universe

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and see how they change to become the galaxy where we live.

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It is also able to look at the atmospheres of planets around other stars -- exoplanets -- and see those atmospheres

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look a little bit like the one on the Earth ... in our continuous search for planets like our own.

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So, I always have a goal of whatever satellite I'm working on -- of what is it going to teach us?

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And that's so inspiring, and I think I can share that enthusiasm with my family and friends --

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even if they don't know in detail the things that I do on a day-to-day basis.

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I always love to read. I have always loved that.  And I like mystery books, books about science -- not  

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only astrophysics -- but any sciences, and history that teach me more things.

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I also like to do yoga and hiking and dancing.  I like to meditate.

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And then I'm always a learner of playing the piano, and a learner of languages, and other  craft.

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I think for me it's very important that we look after our body, look after our mind, and that you have some outside interests from your work.  

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I think that helps you in the long run to be better at your job. I think it is true that many people  

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that do science and do this kind of engineering jobs also love the arts, in particular the music.  

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I think it is also part of how we are as humans -- we have a scientific mind, but we also have an 

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art mind -- and I think that's very important to do. I really like the work that I do and I think it  

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is very important because it's teaching us things about the universe that we don't know.  

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And I think as humans we are explorers and this need to learn and to know more is a part of what we are.

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