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- An engineer in our society they,
they don't look like me but I'm here
to break that mold.
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- [Narrator] This Great Big Story was
made possible by Accenture. (upbeat music)
- My name is Dayjia Moore Williams
and it's kind of hard to explain but I.
- [Narrator] Don't worry Dayjia.
Dayjia is a manufacturing engineer at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Lab.
She's also a musician. - Well said.
I literally couldn't have said it better myself.
- [Narrator] Thank you Dayjia.
Let's get back to where it all started.
Dayjia's love of Science all began when
she was growing up in St. Louis.
- I grew up on the south side of
St. Louis Missouri in a single parent
household with my mom.
I got into Science because of a program
that my mom kicked doors to get me into.
They expose us to different Science topics
such as Robotics, Chemistry you name it.
- [Narrator] In college Dayjia studied
engineering management while there she
faced more than just challenging school work.
- A lot of times in class I was the only female
I was the only black female,
sometimes people didn't wanna sit by you.
Sometimes people didn't wanna help you,
you know I would see a lot of time that
people would have their
I'm trying not to cry.
People would have their groups that they
would study with then I would have to infiltrate.
How can I bond with that group so that I can
get the same resources that my people don't have?
But I figured it out.
- [Narrator] Of course she figured it out.
Which brings us to NASA.
Dayjia is part of a team building rocket ships.
They take an engineers idea and figure out how
to make it a reality which is pretty freakin' cool.
Now remember a minute ago when we mentioned
Dayjia was also a musician?
She wrote a song about science to the tune
of Soulja Boy's "Crank That"
- I'm just writing and I'm like "Yo, this is hot"
♪ X equals then it's 0 negative B less a motives ♪
♪ Square root of B square minus 4ac for sure now ♪
♪ Find the root over 2 aye root over 2 aye ♪
♪ Root over 2 aye aye ♪
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- [Narrator] Dayjia realized that through music
you could open up a whole new audiences eyes to
the world of science.
Something she wish she had when she was young.
- It's not just writing a song
and that's it like actually take a step further
and a mentor to a lot of students who either
are interested in science or already in college
and just need that extra push to continue
and finish.
I wanna show through my life that you can
be an engineer, you can be a musician.
Yo, the sky is the limit.
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