Through my collegiate and professional endeavors, I had the great honor of speaking as a Higher Orbits Panelist at the incredible AIAA SciTech Conference , a professional convention focused on aeronautics and astronautics, this past January. I had the pleasure of meeting some of the greatest astronautical minds of our era, as well as immersing myself in the industry for the first time. I am so grateful for this amazing opportunity, one that wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the HIGHER ORBITS FOUNDATION and AIAA! Thank you so much for giving students, like me, the experience of a lifetime. This was my first professional conference, let alone one that I…