Christina Koch and Her Journey to the World of Science. by Lilian San Martín Medina, Director of Academic Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering Universidad Andrés Bello

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For Christina Koch, the photograph captured in 1968 by Bill Anders, an astronaut of the Apollo 8 mission, showing the Earth suspended in the immensity of outer space, served as convincing evidence of a world beyond its family environment and highlighted the limitations that society often imposes on people who dare to dream, especially young women. From that crucial moment, the aspiration to venture into space became a challenge.