A first by 16-year-old Jamaican Rynola Fraser chosen as NASA intern at New York Space Study Institute Sunday, May 16, 2021

BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT
Senior staff reporter
hibbertk@jamaicaobserver.com


AT age 16, Rynola Fraser is steadily charting a path to success by becoming the first black and Jamaican woman from the Martin Van Buren High School in New York to be selected as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intern at New York City's Goddard Institute of Space Study.

Rynola Fraser selected for NASA

Fraser, who grew up in Lionel Town, Clarendon, with her grandmother and cousins, told the Jamaica Observer that her household provided the avenue that encouraged her to strive for the best.

“They always encouraged me that the sky is the limit. I went to Hope Basic School and the motto was 'Ever Striving For Excellence'. From that age I was pushed to do my best,” Fraser said.

And so, by the time Fraser got to Glenmuir High she continued with her resilience, determination, and focus as she admits her sights were set on becoming a lawyer and she could not afford to be blindsided. more

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