I am partnered with Voyage Media company on a film about my journey appropriately titled “Born on the Moon.” I have a producer excited about it and I am writing the initial screenplay. I am working on developing a Kickstarter project to raise funds for a professional screenwriter.
The University of Houston’s Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (USHLH) has an archive of my family’s historical artifacts and materials documenting my career. Click on the image to access my online exhibit.
I am working with USHLH on a children’s book based upon my life adventures. Arte Público Press is a publishing house associated with the University of Houston. It is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by Hispanic authors, publishing approximately 30 titles per year.
I applied to be an astronaut in 1978 when NASA first allowed women to apply. In the 21st century, new options appeared for Citizen Astronauts so I submitted an application to Space4Humanity. When Blue Origin announced it was accepting bids to fly in their New Shepard suborbital spacecraft, I put my mine in. I’m still hoping to fly, which would be a perfect cap for my film!
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