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Working at NASA's Mission Control With Type 1 Diabetes

Aerospace engineer April Blackwell works at NASA's Mission Control. She dreamed of being an astronaut but her type 1 diabetes diagnosis at age 11 changed everything. Since that day, though, she has found ways to break down barriers and pursue her love of space.

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April calls herself a "rule-questioner" and shares where asking those questions got her. She and Stacey talk about everything from family – she has two young children – to what it's like to work as part of history in the space program.

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