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José M. Hernández had a dream: to become an astronaut.

But he was a poor kid son of ilegal immigrants. He did not even speak English until he was 12 years. His parents were from Mexico.

To prepare for the space program, he became a marathon runner, an engineer, a diver, a pilot and he got a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering. He even learned how to speak Russian.

He applied 12 times to be accepted in the Space Program. José worked as a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. NASA chose him in 2004. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009. He finally became an astronaut

After NASA, he tried to become a congressman, but he was not elected. He helped students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) as a volunteer.