Fig O'Reilly, Miss Universe Ireland turned NASA Datanaut

Techsetters

For our season two premiere, Sam and Jenny landed someone extra special. If you don’t know her, Fig is our favorite type of multi-hyphenate. She was the first woman of color to represent Ireland in the international Miss Universe Pageant. As if that wasn’t enough, she’s also a NASA Datanaut, working alongside the agency’s Open Innovation Program to develop new processes, ways of thinking and products. She was our dream first guest, speaking candidly about issues we can allll relate to, whether that’s overcoming imposter syndrome or maintaining her more artistic side in the world of engineering. Should we all go work for NASA? We’ll talk about it later.

Techsetters is Executive Produced by Kode With Klossy and made possible by If / Then. This episode was recorded in April 2021.