Need some positive news once in a while:
"India Jackson was thrilled when she was accepted to a prestigious summer internship at NASA’s field center in Houston.
But there was one big problem: the single mother and Georgia State University student had to pay for her own travel, housing and other living expenses.
Jackson, studying for a doctorate in physics, said she wasn’t sure how she could afford the internship.
Now Jackson, 32, will be able to fly to Houston with her 12-year-old daughter Jewel and work for NASA analyzing high-intensity radiation events and predicting solar flares.
Using the money raised from the GoFundMe page, Jackson has already paid for her plane tickets and extended her stay in Houston.
Jackson, a DeKalb County native, is a mathematician who got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math from GSU. She has taught math at some colleges around metro Atlanta, but decided to pursue her true passion, physics and astronomy, for a doctorate.
“Something that I absolutely wanted to do was work for NASA,” she said.
INDIA JACKSON GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Single mom scores NASA internship; Strangers raise $8K to help her go
"India Jackson was thrilled when she was accepted to a prestigious summer internship at NASA’s field center in Houston.
But there was one big problem: the single mother and Georgia State University student had to pay for her own travel, housing and other living expenses.
Jackson, studying for a doctorate in physics, said she wasn’t sure how she could afford the internship.
Now Jackson, 32, will be able to fly to Houston with her 12-year-old daughter Jewel and work for NASA analyzing high-intensity radiation events and predicting solar flares.
Using the money raised from the GoFundMe page, Jackson has already paid for her plane tickets and extended her stay in Houston.
Jackson, a DeKalb County native, is a mathematician who got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math from GSU. She has taught math at some colleges around metro Atlanta, but decided to pursue her true passion, physics and astronomy, for a doctorate.
“Something that I absolutely wanted to do was work for NASA,” she said.
INDIA JACKSON GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Single mom scores NASA internship; Strangers raise $8K to help her go
