Aubree Hill Portrait

“I’ve always been creative. I was always in dance class and taking violin lessons. I would say, ‘Hey Dad, I don't wanna take ballet anymore. Can I take African dance? Dad, I don't wanna take African dance anymore. Can I take Irish clog dancing? Can I take swing ballroom?’ [As an adult] I began studying Brazilian Samba. Then, COVID happened. There were no more dance classes. No more bars. No more Pilates. Everything is closed. So, I just started writing more. I started pitching scripts because I didn’t have anything else to do. I just enter contests and see what happens. I don’t always place, but I always get really good feedback. I like [writing] because it helps me be able to create good strategic campaigns for NASA. I'm thinking outside of my own thought processes. I'm thinking about how average people experience stories, how they expect them to go. This helps when producing videos for NASA. It helps with developing campaigns for programs people might not otherwise know about. I think all my creative passions meet somewhere in the middle of the road. I can draw on those tools, I can learn from other things, and I can deal with difficult people or situations. I get a chance to figure out how to tell this story.” NASA Public Affairs Specialist, Aubree Hill, poses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)