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Unbeknownst to her, an elementary school trip to NASA was the first step of Patricia’s journey into the world of Aerospace and Defense. With a NASA poster on her bedroom wall, this 11-year old girl dreamed of being an astronaut. Her dreams were shattered when she learned the return space capsule had to land in the ocean. She couldn’t swim and the thought of swimming scared her right out of wearing a spacesuit. As she got older, Patricia realized she had a real knack for numbers. 

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While at college, Patricia was recruited by Westinghouse Electric Corporation to attend a seminar about their engineering work-study program that was