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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Chang_Díaz|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Chang_D%C3%ADaz]]
 * He attended elementary school at Father Juan de Barnuevo.For his graduate research at MIT.
 * Chang Díaz was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA.
 * He encourages young people to get motivated about environmental issues.In addition, Chang Díaz is an Adjunct Professor in Physics and Astronomy.
 * He is currently on the board of directors of Cummins.Also, due to his career and scientific success, he has been decorated multiple times in Costa Rica and named Honor Citizen by the national legislature.
 * In 2014, Chang Díaz was awarded the Buzz Aldrin Quadrennial Space Award.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chang.html
 * Born in April 5, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
 * Graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San José, Costa Rica, in November 1967 and from Hartford High School in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1969; received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a Doctorate in Applied Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1977.
 * He dedicated his life to be an astronaut
 * He had a total of 4 children with Peggy Marguerite
 * He enjoys music, glider planes, soccer, scuba diving and hiking. His mother, brothers and sisters still reside in Costa Rica.
 * He has seven NASA Space Flight Medals (1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002)

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/13/us/man-in-the-news-franklin-r-chang-diaz-a-dreamer-in-space.html
 * As a child in San Jose, Costa Rica, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz used to play inside an empty packing crate, pretending that it was a spaceship on its way to a distant star.
 * States in 1968 with a one-way airplane ticket, $50 in his pocket, a suitcase, and a dream to fly in space.
 * He had written to the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun asking advice on how to become an astronaut, and Dr. von Braun wrote back, telling the young man to come to America and study science.
 * Franklin enrolled in public high school in Hartford.
 * He nearly flunked out at first, but as his English improved so did his grades.
 * By graduation he had won a scholarship to the University of Connecticut.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/history3.htm
 * His name is FRANKLIN R. CHANG-DÍAZ
 * Costa Rican American
 * He is retired in July, 2005
 * Raised in a poor family in Costa Rica
 * Franklin Chang-Díaz studied hard to become a scientist.
 * He also became a U.S. citizen.
 * Chang-Díaz was the first Hispanic person to enter the space program, becoming an astronaut in 1981.
 * He is a veteran of six space missions and has spent nearly 1,300 hours in space.
 * Born 1950



"Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012)." Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012). Nasa, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. .