Wind Currents: Who I Intended to Be -- Whispers on the Wind -- Wind Currents: There Is Nothing to Be Afraid of Except Fear Itself -- Sirocco: A Hot, Intense Wind -- Solar Winds -- Caught in the Eye of a Hurricane -- Wind Currents: An Extra Spoonfulfor Good Measure -- Updraft -- Finding a Place -- There's a Change in the Air -- Encounters with the Santa Ana -- Wind Currents: The World at Large, What It Was Telling Me, and What I Heard on the Wind -- Wafts of Formaldehyde: Medical School -- A Southerly Wind Blows ... Africa -- Vortex -- Wind Currents: Reality Leads Fantasy -- Harnessing Explosive -- Where the Wind Goes.
Summary:
Mae Jemison recounts her life story, describing her struggle to overcome the doubts of those around her and become an astronaut--the first woman of color in space.
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