Roda wrote the book, Mae Among the Stars, to show that anything is possible if you work hard and you study for it. -Zara

Images from thank you notes for Roda made with Kindergarten buddies

Reported by Zara

On Wednesday we went to the kindergarten room, and we found our buddies, and we heard the kindergarten teacher, Alisa, read the book called Mae Among the Stars, which is a book that Roda Ahmed wrote. The book is about following your dreams. It was Mae Jemison’s dream to become an astronaut. When she was little, Mae’s teacher and her friends told her that she needs to be a nurse, not an astronaut. But she didn’t want to be a nurse.

Don’t listen to what other people tell you when they tell you what you should be when you grow up. You should do what you want to do.

Mae studied about how to become an astronaut and she became an astronaut. She also studied about being a doctor and became a doctor too.

Cydney’s notes about Mae Jemison

When Roda came in on Thursday, she told us about her life and family. She told us she was born in Somalia and then she moved to Norway and now she lives in Los Angeles. Roda wrote the book to show that anything is possible if you work hard and you study for it.

Working on thank you notes to Roda with buddies