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A Voice for NASA While a student at South Brunswick High School, Bolivia native Shaneequa Vereen never imagined she’d one day be a live mission commentator on space launches. BY TERESA A. MCLAMB
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When SpaceX22 headed to the International Space Station (ISS) in June, space exploration fans around the world heard NASA’s play-by-play from Brunswick County native Shaneequa Vereen. As a public affairs officer at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, it’s one of her many roles. Born in Ash and reared in Bolivia from the age of 6
in a blended family, Vereen is the youngest of six girls and two boys. Her parents, Patricia and David Floyd, also grew up in Brunswick County. Vereen graduated from South Brunswick High School and throughout school she knew she would go to college and planned to go to medical school. “I knew from probably third or fourth grade I had Fall 2021
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