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"Nominated by herself Why Becca is amazing: Becca Robison decided she wanted to be an astronaut when she was 10 years old. After attending space camp for the first time, she told her neighbor about her future plans and got a reaction she wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t expecting. Her neighbor laughed and said being an astronaut was a &amp;amp;#8220;boy&amp;amp;#8217;s job.&amp;amp;#8221; When Becca came home crying, her mother said to her, &amp;amp;#8220;Well, why don&amp;amp;#8217;t you change her mind?&amp;amp;#8221; Becca began by setting up science experiments in her backyard and inviting young girls in her neighborhood to do them with her. They loved it, so she invited girls at school to join next&amp;amp;#8212;and soon AstroTots was born. AstroTots is a free science camp for girls between the ages of 4 and 10 in Utah&amp;amp;#8217;s at-risk neighborhoods. The campers learn about space by making planets out of clay and experiment with film-canister rockets to study chemical reactions. Becca has taken her program across the country, held at YMCAs and other community centers from California to Massachusetts, and she has even coordinated camps in Mexico and Russia. More than 5,000 girls have participated in the program, and many of them would like to pursue science-related careers. Becca is currently studying at Weber State University in Utah and says she would like to make a career of educating and empowering women. In her own words: &amp;amp;#8220;As one camp was wrapping up, a mom noticed her daughter pretending to fly an airplane and said, &amp;amp;#8216;I thought you wanted to be a ballerina when you grew up?&amp;amp;#8217; And the girl replied, &amp;amp;#8216;No, Mom, I want to be a scientist.&amp;amp;#8217; I thought that was pretty cool.&amp;amp;#8221; Vote for Rebecca Robison now!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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