April has been obsessed with space since kindergarten, but her life’s trajectory was significantly altered by a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes at age 11. Instead of giving up on her astronaut dream, she used the diagnosis as fuel to overcome barriers and prove that people with diabetes deserve admittance to all of life’s adventures. Now, she is an aerospace engineer with hundreds of hours onboard experimental helicopters, experience in elite military training activities, and thousands of hours supporting human spaceflight missions as a flight controller. She leads teams of flight controllers working on humanity’s boldest missions — returning humans to the surface of the moon and building a sustainable lunar presence. April is guided by the phrase “Ad astra una”, which translates as “to the stars, together”, a nostalgic nod to the team that supported her on the journey and a vision of the future where humanity, as a team, achieves the impossible.