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<\/a><\/figure>Wood worked as an American Sign Language interpreter before joining NASA about seven years ago. Today, she is an Operational Support Officer flight controller and instructor in the Mission Control Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Warnecke Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n Miller has been an attorney in Johnson\u2019s Office of the General Counsel for 12 years. Before that, she served as an administrative law judge for Social Security and adjudicated disability cases.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Celeste Budwit-Hunter<\/strong><\/p>\n Budwit-Hunter was a technical writer in the oil and gas industry before earning a master\u2019s degree in family therapy. She went on to work for The Council on Alcohol and Drugs (now The Council on Recovery) and then as a private school counselor for students with learning disabilities. She returned to technical writing while starting a private family therapy practice. After several years of treatment and recovery following a cancer diagnosis, Budwit-Hunter applied to become an editor in the Flight Operations Director\u2019s Procedures Group. She is now the group\u2019s lead editor and is training to become a book manager.<\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Don Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n Walker worked as a freelancer in television production before joining the Johnson team 38 years ago. Today, Walker is an engineering technician in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, working master control for the center\u2019s television operations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Donna Coyle<\/strong><\/p>\n Coyle earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in international relations before switching gears to work as an expeditor in the oil and gas industry. That role involved working with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth and timely delivery of equipment and materials to worksites. After visiting locations and seeing how equipment, piping, and steel were made, she was inspired to go back to school to become an engineer. Coyle\u2019s grandfather worked at NASA during the Apollo missions, and she decided to follow in his footsteps. She joined the Johnson team in 2021 as a crew time engineer, analyzing astronaut time as a resource to help with decision-making before and during expeditions to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Do you want to join the NASA team? Visit our\u00a0<\/em>Careers site<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to explore open opportunities and find your place with us!<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> If you ask Johnson Space Center employees why they work for NASA, many will tell you it was always their dream. For others, landing a job at NASA was an unexpected stop on their career path. Here is a look at where five Johnson team members worked before NASA and how they are helping to [\u2026] Continue reading <\/a><\/figure><\/a><\/figure><\/a><\/figure><\/a><\/figure>
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