Born on the Moon: Living in the Space Age

By Candy M. Torres

"Born on the Moon - Living in the Space Age" is a scrapbook style overview of Torres' life dedicated to her Boricua heritage. It is filled with photographs: Puerto Rican family tree, sci-fi influence, the importance of a vision of the future, flying at age 15, traveling abroad, working on satellite data and at NASA, meeting astronauts and other historical figures as co-workers.This book is to entertain and motivate people to envision their future and learn ways to achieve it. It could have a social impact since her stories of diversity and adversity provide a unique life perspective that is timelessly relevant. Her life while pursuing her "impossible dream" is filled with triumph and tragedy. Her parents were born in Puerto Rico but grew up in Harlem during the Great Depression; they are considered "pioneers." Follow her journey from a housing project in The Bronx, through Princeton University to NASA in Houston, Texas in achieving her dream of working in the space program. Science and history are your seat belt. Explore the major influences on Torres as a child: the dawn of the space age; the JFK dedication to country; civil rights movements; family vacations; witness historical events; and more. Imagine a crazy flying Japanese monster inspiring a four-year-old Like Don Quixote, she battled many a monster who created pitfalls in her path but she pulled herself together to continue her quest.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1696790654
• ISBN13: 9781696790659
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"