“It’s not easy, but we’re doing it.”

Dr. Magaña is a lunar postdoc fellow at John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory where she studies Earth’s Moon and Jupiter’s moon, Titan. Magaña was born on May 10^th, 1994 in Van Nuys, CA and is a first-generation Salvadoran-American. Magaña obtained her B.S. in physics at Emporia State University, and her PhD in space physics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. During her PhD, Magaña studied the condensed volatiles on the Moon as a NASA FINNEST future investigator. At John Hopkins, she studies lunar regolith and Titan geography with NASA ROSES funding. Throughout her career, Magaña has supported STEM literacy in low-income community through efforts such as TRiO, CUWiP, and Hispanic outreach events. Magaña has been awarded with an Outstanding Student Paper Award at AGU, TX Grant Consortium Fellowship, and 2023 ESU Outstanding Recent Graduate Award.