Failing Astronomically: How a Teenage Single Mother Became a Senior Designer for NASA Presented live at FITC Toronto 2018 More info at http://fitc.ca/event/to18/ Presented by Krys Blackwood NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Overview As a kid, it looked like Krys was going to go great places – a gifted student with epic test scores and unfettered ambition. She was an unstoppable force taking over the world – until she got side tracked. At 19 she was single and pregnant, dropping out of college to figure out how to support a kid while still growing up herself. This is the intimate, uplifting story of her journey from rock bottom to her dream job, with all the setbacks, triumphs and lessons learned along the way. Objective Get #protips for living and be inspired by a story of someone who’s had endless second chances and made good on them. Target Audience Anyone who’s ever faced a seemingly insurmountable obstacle Five Things Audience Members Will Learn #protips for pulling your life out of a pit and achieving your dreams

1. Failing Astronomically
Krys Blackwood
@shodoshan
Photo by Mike Newbry on Unsplash

3. #ProTip
Design your Self.

4. Modeling shot goes here

5. #ProTip
Not all your goals
are good ones.
(Be careful what you wish for)

6. #FAIL

7. A guy

8. #ProTip
Everyone you meet
changes you.

10. A guy
MagicianMagician *a different talk

12. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts

13. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.

14. WTFBBQ

15. #FAIL

16. Kayla baby picture

17. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon

20. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley

21. WORK
WORK
WORK

22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8558257.stm

23. #LifeFAILed

24. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst

25. low point

26. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst
Back in the
Saddle

27. #ProTip
At rock bottom,
there’s nowhere to
go but up.

29. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst
Back in the
Saddle
Kayla’s
Stroke

30. #JumpingAhead
She’s OK now, folks.

32. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst
Back in the
Saddle
Kayla’s
Stroke
F@&# ALS

33. a new low

34. #ProTip
Low points are a
great chance to
reassess.

35. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst
Back in the
Saddle
Kayla’s
Stroke
F@&# ALS
Right
Livelihood

36. #ProTip
Altruism isn’t
generally profitable.

39. A guy
Magician
Martial Arts
OMG
Pregnant
At 19.
Aaron
Harmon
Silicon
Valley
Bubble Burst
Back in the
Saddle
Kayla’s
Stroke
F@&# ALS
Right
Livelihood

42. Work hard.
Be kind.
Trust love.