I am the Mars generation | Alyssa Carson | TEDxKalamata

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. I am the Mars generation...this phrase transmits everything you are about to hear in this speech. Magnificent Alyssa, surrounded by her own passion and driven by a very big goal, is sharing with us not only her dream, but her biggest upcoming achievent, the challenge to be the first human being on the Mars.

Since she was three years old, Alyssa wanted to fulfill her dream of being an astronaut. Alyssa is in the 7th grade at Baton Rouge International School, where she studies all her subjects in 4 different languages. On October 9, 2013 she became the first person to complete the NASA Passport Program, going to all 14 NASA Visitor Centers in the US. She has appeared in several tv shows, been written up in numerous newspapers and magazines. Alyssa wants to be one of the first humans on Mars.

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