战略传播经理伊西德罗·雷纳
“We were a two-person shop doing comprehensive communications for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I won a whole ton of awards there alongside an amazing mentor and boss named Sandra Arnold. That’s why I stayed so long — because we were such a great team. That experience was very foundational to my federal career.
“I found out in October 2013 that my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I called Sandra and told her what was going on, and she suggested I telework from San Antonio and take care of him.
“So, I physically moved from my office in Galveston, Texas, back to my hometown of San Antonio and rented a home. My dad moved in with me, and sadly, he eventually passed away. I will forever be thankful to Sandra for allowing me that time because I was able to spend that last year of my dad’s life with him.
“She asked me, ‘What are you going to do next? What do you want to do next?’ And I told her, ‘I can’t go back and work there after the trauma of my dad’s death.’ I needed time to grieve. It’s tough. I didn’t want to jump back into this work.
“We were on the phone, and she said, ‘Well, let’s look at jobs together.’ And she said, ‘Hey, check this one out. There’s a job at NASA.’
“The stars aligned – I was working at Johnson Space Center in Houston about six months later. That’s how I got here, in a roundabout way.”
— Isidro Reyna, Strategic Communications Manager, Strategic Integration and Management Division, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Image Credit: NASA / James Blair
Interviewer: NASA / Thalia Patrinos
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“我们是一家为美国陆军工程兵团做综合通信的两人店。我在那里和一位了不起的导师兼老板桑德拉·阿诺德一起赢得了一大堆奖项。这就是我呆在这里这么久的原因——因为我们是一个非常棒的团队。那段经历是我联邦职业生涯的基础。
“2013年10月，我发现我父亲被诊断为癌症4期。我打电话给桑德拉，告诉她发生了什么，她建议我在圣安东尼奥远程工作，照顾他。
“所以，我从德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿的办公室搬回了我的家乡圣安东尼奥，并租了一套房子。我父亲搬来和我一起住，不幸的是，他最终去世了。我将永远感谢桑德拉给我那段时间，因为我能和他一起度过父亲生命的最后一年。
“她问我，‘你下一步打算怎么办？接下来你想做什么？我告诉她，‘在经历了父亲去世的创伤后，我不能回去那里工作。我需要时间来哀悼。这很难。我不想重新投入这项工作。
“我们在电话里，她说，‘好吧，我们一起找工作吧。’她说，‘嘿，看看这个。NASA有一份工作。’
“六个月后，我在休斯顿的约翰逊航天中心工作。我就是这么走过来的，走了一条弯路。”
— 伊西德罗·雷纳，NASA总部太空行动任务理事会战略整合与管理司战略通信经理
图片来源: NASA / James Blair
采访者: NASA / Thalia Patrinos