Mary Trueblood grew up as a space science enthusiast. Her father was an aerospace engineer and worked on the guidance system for the Gemini program. As a young girl, she memorized the names of space ships and their astronauts. Mary has spent most of her professional career as a finance and accounting professional in biotech companies in the Boston area while in her spare time she continued to read books and watch movies and documentaries about space. Most recently, Mary has returned to graduate school where she is pursuing a Master's in Education in Library Media Studies. She is enthusiastically creating lesson plans on Mars and the Mars rovers.