{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"Liberty High School Senior Goes Beyond The Rainbow to NASA","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":462,"description":"Jayla Edwards may have been singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow” this fall, buther goals go far above where any rainbow is found.The Liberty High School senior, who played Dorothy in the Liberty Performing Arts’ fallproduction of “The Wizard of Oz,” has taken part in two highly selective experiences that arehelping her pursue her career goal of being an aerospace engineer with NASA.Edwards was one of 95 students, of more than 2,000 applicants, chosen for the NASA’sScience Mission Directorate STEM Enhancement in Earth Science, or SEES, high schoolinternship program onsite at the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research.“It was great getting to meet a bunch of people from all around the country with similar intereststo mine,” she said.Her experience there led to an even more exclusive opportunity. She was one of 12 students, ofthe more than 200 total SEES interns, who were invited to the OSIRIS REx VIP reveal event atNASA Johnson Space Center in October. The selection of students was based on the programmentors’ recommendations as well as the students’ ability to be ambassadors for the SEESprogram, Edwards said.She spoke to Radio Chatskill's Tim Bruno. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}