![Noelia Gonz\u00e1lez smiles widely in the center of the frame. She is wearing large round glasses and a multicolored top of blues and oranges with a flower pattern, and her dark brown hair frames her face. Behind her is the brightly colored artwork for \"Universo Curioso de la NASA,\" NASA\u2019s first-ever Spanish podcast.](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/environmental-portrait-of-noelia-gonzalez.jpg?w=2048\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cObviously, Spanish has a lot to do with accessibility and broadening our audiences. We are using Spanish as a tool to break those barriers to connect with audiences. Spanish is the language I grew up with in Uruguay, and the language that I feel more comfortable with. It is amazing that I get to use it as a bridge to communicate with our audiences on different platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to inform, but we also want to inspire and tell the stories that go beyond the mission and science. We want to tell the personal stories in [\u2018Universo Curioso de la NASA,\u2019 NASA\u2019s first-ever Spanish podcast].<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started as a bonus episode of a miniseries of an existing podcast, \u2018NASA\u2019s Curious Universe,\u2019 but we wanted to build something that was unique, specifically tailored to the Hispanic audience in the U.S. and worldwide. That would have our style and our voice. And I feel very, very lucky and proud and thankful to have had that opportunity to kind of build the podcast from the ground up with the guidance and work of other colleagues.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an immigrant myself reporting on stories about other immigrants, I want to show people that space is for all, and that\u2019s something that we repeat over and over. I keep confirming how true that message is because it goes beyond NASA. It goes beyond the United States. There are no borders in space. These people that work on these missions are doing something for humanity, not just for the space agency. I am not a scientist or an engineer, and I feel a part of it. I am a part of these historic moments, like when we launched Artemis and DART [the Double Asteroid Redirection Test].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Noelia Gonz\u00e1lez, NASA en espa\u00f1ol Senior Science Writer and Editor, ADNET Systems, NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/p>\n
Image Credit: NASA \/ Angeles Miron<\/em> Check out some of our other Faces of NASA.<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> \u201cObviously, Spanish has a lot to do with accessibility and broadening our audiences. We are using Spanish as a tool to break those barriers to connect with audiences. Spanish is the language I grew up with in Uruguay, and the language that I feel more comfortable with. It is amazing that I get to use [\u2026] Continue reading
Interviewer: NASA \/ Angel Kumari<\/em><\/p>\n
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