Mubeen Azhar
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
Doctor or lawyer, but I wanted to be a computer scientist. Paolo, when you speak about coding that summer, you kind of, you blushed a little bit. It's almost like you fell in love with coding. Oh, I did.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
And that led you down a very particular path. And you were very, very good at it as well, weren't you?
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
That really is remarkable. You went to university, so you got a degree and then you went on to study and you got a PhD, didn't you?
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
You then got an extremely prestigious job. How did you begin working for NASA?
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
After a couple of years working on robots to explore distant planets, Paolo left NASA to pursue his passion, tech with a social purpose. He credits his experiences as a refugee, as a driving force in his quest to succeed and help people.