Julia Di is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, working on robotics as a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow. She is also a graduate of Columbia University, an artist, and the daughter of two immigrants. Julia first learned about careers in space robotics as an undergraduate intern in the NASA Robotics Academy and is grateful to have been supported on her journey by the 2020 Interact Fellowship, 2019 TVF Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellowship, 2017 AIAA 20 Twenties Award, and NASA's internship programs. She loves to pay it forward in the community, and she's always open to messages on Twitter and Instagram at @astroboticst.