MEREDITH GAROFALO IS A REGIONAL
MURROW AWARD-WINNING CERTIFIED
BROADCAST
METEOROLOGIST
AND
SCIENCE/SPACE CORRESPONDENT. SHE
MOST RECENTLY WAS A FREELANCE
METEOROLOGIST FOR SPECTRUM NY1 IN
NEW YORK CITY & CBS IN CLEVELAND
AND
AND COLUMBUS. SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF ROCKET GIRL
ENTERPRISE, LLC, A FREELANCE WRITER FOR SPACE.COM, A
MENTOR FOR SCIENCE JOURNALISTS WITH THE OPEN NOTEBOOK,
AND A CONTRACTOR FOR DEPARTMENTC AS A DIGITAL CONTENT
CREATOR FOR NASA SCIENCE MISSIONS.
ALYSSA GERLACH IS A WIFE, MOTHER
OF TWO, AND PASSIONATE ADVOCATE
FOR SPACE AND FLIGHT. SHE LOVES
SHARING THE WONDER OF THE COSMOS
WITH
HER
DAUGHTERS—WHETHER
THROUGH
STARGAZING,
STOMP
ROCKETS, OR CREATIVE SPACE-THEMED
JENNIFER ROCHLIS WRITES THE “ASK
JEN”
COLUMN
FOR
WOMEN’S
AEROSPACE MAGAZINE. SHE HAS SPENT
HER CAREER BRIDGING THE SCIENCES
WITH THE HUMAN ELEMENT. AS THE CEO
OF A SPACEFLIGHT CONSULTING FIRM,
SHE LEVERAGES OVER 20 YEARS OF
LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP FROM ROLES AS AN AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE
EXECUTIVE AT NASA AND TELEDYNE FLIR, COMPLEMENTED BY
EXTENSIVE BOARD SERVICE. SHE IS AN ESTABLISHED THOUGHT
LEADER IN HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, HUMAN MACHINE
TEAMING AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS. IN HER CAPACITY AS AN
INTEGRATIVE COACH, SHE CREATES BESPOKE STRATEGIES THAT
EMPOWER PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS, EXECUTIVES, AND TEAMS
TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
JESSICA KEHALA STUDER’S JOURNEY
BEGAN WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN
CLASSICAL MUSIC, SPECIALIZING AS A
PROFESSIONAL
PIANIST.
SHE
THEN
PURSUED STUDIES IN PHARMACEUTICAL
AND
BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCES
BEFORE
ENTERING MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHERE SHE
EARNED
EARNED HER M.D. HER CAREER IN SPACE MEDICINE COMMENCED
WITH AN INTERNSHIP AT THE FRENCH SPACE AGENCY (CNES),
AND THE MEDES MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN TOULOUSE, FRANCE. THIS
PATH LED HER TO SPEND A YEAR IN ANTARCTICA AS A RESEARCH
M.D. FOR THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA).
CONTRIBUTORS
JAMES HARRIS IS THE HEAD OF CONTENT
DEVELOPMENT
AT
THE
WOMEN’S
AEROSPACE NETWORK, AN EMMY AWARD
WINNER, AND A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS HONOREE. WITH
A DEEP PASSION FOR STORYTELLING, HE
HAS CRAFTED, PRODUCED, AND EDITED
IMPACTFUL
IMPACTFUL CONTENT FOR MAJOR NETWORKS LIKE NBC AND
CBS. HIS WORK CONSISTENTLY BRINGS BOLD IDEAS TO LIFE,
RESONATING WITH AUDIENCES ACROSS VARIOUS PLATFORMS.
A PROUD WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA MEMBER, JAMES ALSO
VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO CAUSES CLOSE TO HIS HEART. HE
HOLDS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JOURNALISM FROM FLORIDA
A&M UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER’S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
FROM TROY UNIVERSITY. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN BROOKLYN,
NEW YORK
SPRING 2025 - 4
SAMIRA
HASNAIN
IS
A
WRITER,
PSYCHOLOGY
STUDENT,
MENTAL
HEALTH ADVOCATE, AND POP-CULTURE
ENTHUSIAST FROM PAKISTAN.
SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT READING,
COFFEE, AND ALL THINGS PSYCHOLOGY.
CONNECT
CONNECT
WITH
HER
ON
LINKEDIN:
LINKEDIN.COM/IN
/SAMIRAHASNAIN.
ACTIVITIES. BRINGING IMAGINATION TO LIFE, SHE SEAMLESSLY
INTEGRATES HER LOVE FOR AEROSPACE INTO EVERY ASPECT OF
LIFE.
ALYSSA IS ALSO A DRIVEN PROFESSIONAL, BALANCING CAREER
AND MOTHERHOOD WITH DETERMINATION AND A SMILE.
INSPIRED BY SPACE FROM AN EARLY AGE, SHE IS COMMITTED
TO EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS
AND DREAMERS.