User:AlbinoFlea/Scarlin Hernandez

Scarlin Hernandez (1991 - ) is a spacecraft engineer who works for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).

Biography
Hernandez was born in Santiago in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States with her mother when she was four years old. She attended high school at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and was awarded a scholarship from the National Science Foundation to attend Capitol Technology University. She graduated in 2013 with a degree in computer engineering. While at CTU she had an internship at the Goddard Space Flight Center in the Space Operations Institute.

Career
After graduation, Hernandez worked on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission at the Goddard Space Flight Center as part of the satellite's ground control team. In 2014 she began work on the James Webb Space Telescope as part of the flight operations team in STScI's Mission Operations Center, where she helped coordinate the antenna, sunshield, and primary mirror wing deployments. In January 2022, she was a recipient of the Dominican Republic's National Youth Award.

She is an active professional member of the Society of Women Engineers.

Awards

 * 2022 Premio Nacional de la Juventud de la República Dominicana
 * 2017 Remezcla's Ten Latinas Making Their Mark in the STEM World
 * 2009 National Science Foundation scholarship