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Hi, my name is Maria, and I work here at NYSCI.

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I’m a Design Lab Resident, so what I do
here is I design prototype activities for

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kids, so they can learn a different way.

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The idea is for them to have a challenge or
to have a purpose and they’re building to

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achieve the objective.

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I’m from Bogota, Columbia.

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[I] came to the United States two years ago.

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My English wasn’t that good in the beginning.

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After one week of working here I felt improvement.

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I was able to talk better, it was just amazing.

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I study chemical engineering in the City College
of New York.

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The thing about science, why I want to be
an engineer, that’s because of my dad.

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Because when I was a little girl he used to
play with me and make scientific experiments

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and he encouraged me to be really curious.

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He wanted me to ask him about everything.

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Science is amazing because it explains everything,
like everything you see that is beautiful

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in life.

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Like, why are trees so green?

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Why do they change colors?

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Why the flowers are so beautiful?

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Everything is science everywhere.

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It’s just so interesting.