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Carribeean Engineering Globalization Strategist
Africa Engineering Globalization Strategist
MJ hails from sunny Daytona Beach, a proud Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Go Eagles!). She started her career in aerospace at the Kennedy Space Center where she worked for United Space Alliance as an Industrial & Human Engineer (Ground Ops and Shuttle Support). As the Shuttle program phased out, MJ transitioned into R&D where her research focused Motion Capture, and Augmented Reality capabilities. She later joined Boeing’s Research & Technology group in Charleston, SC helping to build the new 787-10.
MJ is heavily involved in science outreach; she serves on several technical and STEM foundation boards. In 2018, she and her partners launched the Senegalese Alternative Learning Association (S.A.L.A), a STEAM advocacy group of her own, in her hometown, Dakar.
Previously, MJ served as the ARUSHA Cabin Structures team lead. In that capacity, she oversaw the design and construction of the mockup of a long-range pressurized vessel. Project ARUSHA is a conceptual design for a 48-person lunar presence with a primary facility at the lunar south pole and assorted facilities scattered across the lunar globe.