1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,410 --> 00:00:17,466 So we're here today at the Aerospace 3 00:00:17,466 --> 00:00:19,632 Valley Career Fair , formerly known as 4 00:00:19,632 --> 00:00:21,854 Salutes Youth . And there are thousands 5 00:00:21,854 --> 00:00:23,966 of students here today to learn about 6 00:00:23,966 --> 00:00:25,966 careers in the aerospace industry . 7 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,841 You see this , there's many different 8 00:00:32,841 --> 00:00:35,008 populations that come out um for us to 9 00:00:35,008 --> 00:00:37,160 represent Edwards from the 10 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,271 environmental perspective is a little 11 00:00:39,271 --> 00:00:41,271 bit unique . You don't usually hear 12 00:00:41,271 --> 00:00:43,327 environmental with D O D in the same 13 00:00:43,327 --> 00:00:45,382 sentence . It's important for all of 14 00:00:45,382 --> 00:00:47,530 you to know what opportunities they 15 00:00:47,530 --> 00:00:50,660 have besides just being a pilot or the 16 00:00:50,670 --> 00:00:52,614 things they may see on TV , or the 17 00:00:52,614 --> 00:00:54,892 media that they're being influenced by . 18 00:01:00,650 --> 00:01:02,817 I want to be a marine biologist . I've 19 00:01:02,817 --> 00:01:05,039 also wanted to be a pilot because I was 20 00:01:05,039 --> 00:01:07,150 like really little because my grandpa 21 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:09,150 was in the air force and he used to 22 00:01:09,150 --> 00:01:11,372 work with like , like a lot of like the 23 00:01:11,372 --> 00:01:11,110 airplane , like chemicals and 24 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:14,020 everything like that . And then , um I 25 00:01:14,030 --> 00:01:16,308 don't know , I just always like planes . 26 00:01:16,308 --> 00:01:18,670 The songs booms are so fascinating for 27 00:01:18,670 --> 00:01:20,670 no reason . I always wanted to be a 28 00:01:20,670 --> 00:01:22,948 pilot since I was like , really little . 29 00:01:22,948 --> 00:01:25,003 So whenever they had the air show on 30 00:01:25,003 --> 00:01:27,170 Edwards , I was like , so geeked out , 31 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:29,226 I started crying because I just love 32 00:01:29,226 --> 00:01:31,392 airplanes so much . It's like , really 33 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:32,392 amazing . 34 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,520 But being at Edwards and like a lot of 35 00:01:39,530 --> 00:01:41,830 like civilian kids , especially that go 36 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:44,510 to school there want to become like 37 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,900 people who are like cadets 38 00:01:47,910 --> 00:01:51,830 or um pilots in the air force , seeing 39 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,160 the any type of plane . That's always 40 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,382 been my dream to always like , actually 41 00:01:57,382 --> 00:01:59,650 be in one of like the planes . And 42 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:05,660 So for all the kids out there today 43 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:07,771 that have come to the event , we also 44 00:02:07,771 --> 00:02:09,993 encourage them to get an internship and 45 00:02:09,993 --> 00:02:12,160 volunteer , find something you love to 46 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,271 do and give your time toward it . And 47 00:02:14,271 --> 00:02:16,493 that will help you find the crew that's 48 00:02:16,493 --> 00:02:16,140 best for you . 49 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:22,520 Even though it gets really hard and you 50 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,631 hit rock bottom , there's always like 51 00:02:24,631 --> 00:02:26,853 that little like leap that you can take 52 00:02:26,853 --> 00:02:28,798 and I'll make things like 10 times 53 00:02:28,798 --> 00:02:30,798 better and you can get to where you 54 00:02:30,798 --> 00:02:32,909 want to . As long as you keep pushing 55 00:02:32,909 --> 00:02:32,940 through .