From student curiosity to space entrepreneurship, discover how enthusiasm, visibility, and action can unlock unexpected doors in STEM careers.

Ever felt stuck in a career box, unsure how to take the next step? What if the secret wasn’t a perfect plan — but contagious enthusiasm that opens doors you didn’t know existed?

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

If you’re a STEM professional ready to design your own career — not just follow the one written for you — this short episode breaks down five lessons from Australian engineer and entrepreneur Nina Hooper, who built an extraordinary journey from Harvard to mining the moon.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use enthusiasm as a catalyst to create life-changing opportunities — even without the “right” network or background.
• Let one step lead to the next, discovering that vision often emerges through motion, not planning.
• Build your own launchpad by testing ideas and learning through creation (even small projects count!).
• Work smarter, not harder, using AI and expert conversations to accelerate your learning and credibility.
• Share your story strategically, so opportunities and collaborators start finding you.
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🎧 Press play to discover how Nina turned curiosity into a global career — and how you can do the same starting this week.

👉 Listen to the full interview with Nina Hooper for her complete story from Harvard to lunar resources:

🔗 Full Episode — Multiple Hats

💡 Or tune into the 5-minute Quick Fire Chat version for actionable insights you can apply today:

🔗 Quick Fire Chat — Multiple Hats

🧠 About the Guest:

Nina Hooper is an Australian aerospace engineer and entrepreneur whose career spans Harvard, Stanford, venture capital, and her current role in business development at Interlune, a company developing technology to mine the moon for future energy resources. Passionate about creating opportunity through enthusiasm and initiative, Nina embodies how STEM professionals can design a career that’s anything but linear.

📌 Episode Highlights:

00:00 — From curiosity to career: Why enthusiasm is gold

03:00 — How a cold outreach led to an internship with a Nobel Prize winner

07:00 — Vision emerges in motion: Why you don’t need the perfect plan

10:00 — Creating your own vision through entrepreneurship during COVID

13:00 — What running an ed-tech startup teaches you about sales, mindset & confidence

15:00 — Working smarter with AI and mentors

18:00 — The art of visibility: Why storytelling matters as much as hard work

19:00 — Reflection prompts for your own reinvention journey

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Interlune – https://interlune.space

🤔 Reflection Time:

1. How can you make your enthusiasm more visible this week so others feel compelled to help you?
2. What’s one small step you can take — without waiting for a perfect plan — to move toward your next opportunity?
3. How might you use AI or expert conversations to fill a skill gap faster and smarter?

Want to craft a career story that opens doors?

I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.

📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn 

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