Shelia Nash-Stevenson

Nash-Stevenson joined the United States Army Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command.[1] She holds a patent for an optical fiber holder.[1] She joined Nichols Research Corporation as a scientist, then Hughes Aircraft Company as a technical researcher.[3] She joined the instrumentation group in Marshall Space Flight Center's avionics lab, where she worked for nearly ten years.[2] She was awarded a NASA Fellowship in 1998, and eventually joined the space craft and vehicle systems group.[2][7] During her fellowship she returned to Alabama A&M University as a professor. She was at Kennedy Space Center to watch the STS-95 launch.[7] She spoke at the 2013 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.[8]

In 2013 Huntsville, Alabama recognised her efforts for the community. She is the only African-American to serve on the Madison City School Board[1][9] and she's a member of the Madison Rotary Club.[3][10]

She won the Modern Figure award of NASA and was selected to attend the premiere of Hidden Figures.[1][11] She took part in several panel discussions and interviews after the film was released.[2][12][13][14][15][16] She gave the convocation talk at Elms College in 2017.[17] In 2018 she was honoured by the WEDC Foundation Women Honoring Women program.[18] She was featured in the AT&T Alabama African-American calendar.[19]