EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHTS

 Norma Ramirez was working in industry as an electrician for the Toshiba Int'l Company as the QC Inspector and Calibration Lab Manager when she was offered employment as a calibration tech at JSC. She began her work experience for Lockheed Martin at JSC in December of 1996. She viewed this as a opportunity to seek out new challenges in her chosen career. With Lockheed, Norma worked as a calibration lab tech for 5 years before transferring to the Astromaterials Curation facilities. The transition was a wonderful experience for her since this was the first time that she had seen any of the lunar samples and the other extraterrestrial samples that we study. She currently continues to work in a technician capacity but her primary task includes maintaining the Lunar, Meteorite, Cosmic Dust, Genesis Labs and others. When Norma is torn away from these tasks, she also does the pre-cleaning of tools and equipment for all the labs.

Norma was born and raised in the small South Texas town of Kingsville (also home of the King Ranch).  She graduated high school and pursued her education at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi.  After a few semesters of college, she joined the US Navy in April of 1989.  She was trained at Chicago/Great Lakes as an Electricians Mate and graduated in December of that same year.  She served onboard the USS Yellowstone for 3 years as an Electrician. She also served during the Persian Gulf War (Desert Shield/Desert Storm). After leaving the Navy, Norma worked for Toshiba Int'l in Houston for about 3 years before coming to JSC. She purchased a house in League City 2 months after joining Lockheed and  currently resides there.

Norma has been married to her wonderful husband for 2 years. They met while working at JSC. Ted is an Altitude Tech and also works at JSC. They love to fish, camp, travel to tropical islands in the Caribbean, and spend time with their families and friends. Ted enjoys cooking and Norma enjoys watching him cook and eating everything he prepares.

We’re glad to have Norma as a member of our Curation team.  She has proven to be a great asset to us.  Our hats are off to Norma for a job well done