Hispanic Heritage Month

#SharingSunday Story No. 7

Ellen Ochoa – A Hispanic Heritage Month Profile

As a part of #SharingSunday during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), Riverview School District will be recognizing members of the Hispanic/Latinx community who have left a lasting legacy on our culture.

In 1993, Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space, serving a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. She has since made four additional trips to space, logging more than 1,000 hours outside the Earth’s orbit. She would go on to lead the Johnson Space Center in 2012.