Communications Specialist & STEM educator Jason Dietrich talks his life, career, & NASA projects

Plus up. Your autist is Doug E. Fresh and you're watching We Talked Weekly. You're listening to right here. Yes, Joining us today is Jason Dietrich, a communications specialist and STEM coordinator with Experience and NAS affiliated projects who transform his hyperlexia shape learning journey into impactful storytelling through podcasting, social media, and hands on STEM design. We would like to welcome to the show We Talked Weekly, mister Jason. All right, how's everyone doing good? Good? How are you fantastic? Fantastic? Thanks for that kind introduction and I love the applause. So no doubt. Well, thanks for coming to the show. You know, we generally start our show with, you know, asking our guests, how would you day? We'd like to see how they are doing before we get into the thick questions. Yeah. Absolutely, well, I appreciate you asking that, while I was gonna say, I'm definitely doing pretty well. It is a freezing cold here. I'm pretty much podcasting from the state of Maryland, where I currently live, and I'm originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Just as a side note, so I definitely love I definitely love being in the heat, so I definitely want the snow and the ice to melt soon. Well, we already like you, but first you have to tell me who's your favorite football team. Let's go there favorite football team. Well, I was gonna say, I'm from Philadelphia, so yeah, I gotta go with the Eagles. My man, you gotta go with the Eagles. And so let's talk. Let's start a little bit about I'm want to jump right into STEM, right. That's one of the things. You know. One of the organizations that we have under. Weekly is Project Steam TV, and pretty much what that is we work with youth. We work with youth as it relates to media literacy and underscore the idea right of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. We say we make STEM or sign the sciences look. Sexy, right, That's what the art does. So we have to say steam right because without the A a lot of people don't know what these the importance of the STEM community is doing right, and it's some amazing things that's happening right now. Outside of course the technology and the tech that's happening right now with the large language models and AI and all that, And I could go down that rabbit hole, but I would love to talk about you know what got you into that framework of STEM and why are you so impassionate with that. Yeah, that's a wonderful question. Well, I do have to say, I like how you added the A to make it steam. The arts is very, very important, so we don't want to exclude that in any capacity. But it all goes back to when I was five years old, and originally that seemed like ages ago. Just as a side note. But when I was five years old, my parents noticed that I could read words at such a high level. Since I was in kindergarten. I was reading equivalent to a fifth grader and they were just absolutely blown away by it. And they were just amazed at how well I could read. So based on that they thought that if I could read well well, they then said that maybe Jason might be able to comprehend what he's reading. So then they started asking me these questions like, hey, Jason, what is this particular word or what does this particular phrase mean? And very often I would say. I don't know, I don't know. I was actually diagnosed when I was five years old with hyperlexia, which is a form of autism. And for your audience and viewers, that might not be as familiar with it. Think of autism like a brain, and autism has you know, many different branches. So hyperlexia is one, Asperger's is another. The list goes on and on, but hyperlexia involves someone who has a precocious ability to read words at such a high level, but he had struggles with reading comprehension. And I do have to say that early on in my educational journey, I was often excluded from activities. I unfortunately had many teachers, including administrators, who did not support me. They never showed me the time nor the effort that I needed in order to thrive in the classroom. And you know, I even had this one teacher write a completely wrong evaluation about my skill set levels and my abilities. That when I transitioned on to middle school, which is where STEM came to life for me, my middle school teachers took a look at the evaluation and they said, who is this kid? This isn't Jason at all. This is a totally different kid that they just wrote about. So elementary school was a huge struggle for me. I had two good teachers who at least tried. The problem was it was just two very toxic environments. But once I got to middle school, That's where STEM started really coming to life. My teacher saw that I struggled, and instead of pushing me aside, they sat me down, they worked with me, and they got me introduced to astronomy, chemistry, and a little bit of physics as well. And I enjoyed the hands on learning with STEM and I learned best through visual aids and I realized based on that as soon as I got introduced to STEM, STEM provided multiple different highways of opportunity and I knew I was hooked. And it was thanks to my middle school teachers who helped me to see that hyperlexia is not a disability, but it is in fact a superpower. And that is exactly where STEM came to life for me. And you know, based on my journey now, it has led me to being a communications specialist where I design engaging STEM content and I'm also a podcast guy for my company that I work at as well, and I very much enjoy it. So I get to use my skill sets and my gifts in STEM through those means, and I'm very very grateful for that. Oh wow, awesome story, Jason. Do you think children are being overlooked? With you know, hyperlexia, Asperger's. Do you think there's more resources now that are helping parents as well as teachers identify it. That's a good question. I would say yes and no. And here's why I say that. Yes, because, you know. Thanks to technology that has evolved over the last several decades or so, it's become easier to be able to you know, read and you know, do research, etc. And I know, for those individuals who have had, you know, disabilities like with autism, like Temple Grandon for example. Temple Grandon is someone who I hugely admire. She has quite a story as well. But back when she was growing up, a lot of people often said, including doctors and nurses, that you know, those individuals should belong in mental institutions. And after hearing that, I can't think of anything you know, more depressing, more evil, and just so heartless. I mean, why the heck would you say that about a child? Because everybody has been put on here with a unique gift and a unique purpose, and it was thanks to you know, voices like her early on, you know, back in the fifties, sixties, and seventies, who helped people to see and recognize that you know, look, we can't treat these individuals like that ever, So I am definitely you know, someone who is trying to advocate for that as well. But in terms of you know, additional resources, yes, we most certainly could provide additional resources because you know, still a lot of people don't know about hyperlexia or what exactly it is, which is why I am trying to advocate it. I'm trying to promote it, and it's very important that as teachers, you know, are trained. I feel that it's very very important for them to get exposed to either like a classroom of you know, special needs students or emotional support students, but they also should understand different ways of thinking. Now, every school district is different. One of the biggest challenges they have is budget. You know, some school districts have more money than others. So unfortunately for those school districts that don't have a resources, that can hinder the amount of impact that they can make on their students. So based on that, it's like a yes and no kind of answer. But we have definitely improved over the course of our lifetime, but we still have, you know, some more work to do, and I'm excited to lead charge in the fight for them. You know what, I'm very one thanks for that, and I appreciate you speaking to that and amplifying some of those hitten voices, right, those softer voices that doesn't necessarily get the opportunity to be heard. And if I'm being transparent, I think most of us has a you know, this neurodivergent piece to us, right, I think all of us are on the spectrum in some type of way. If you if you're being honest, if we being honest, I mean, I know, I know I am, but you know, I think I appreciate you doing that. And before I go into my next question, right, there's someone that has a question. For you, and she wants you to Monica. She said, can you speak? Uh? Can you please talk about how important it is for middle in junior high school as far as development is concerned, especially since the school District of Philadelphia is. Trying to make them extinct. What's your thoughts on it? Yeah, I was gonna say that, that's a wonderful question. Now, I didn't, you know, go to the school district of Philadelphia. I went to another school district. But I have you know, learned about uh, you know, the School District of Philadelphia and the lack of resources that they have, so uh, I do have to say that, you know, in terms of making you know, some students you know extinct or you know, to make the resources you know, just go away. That's very troubling to hear. Uh, you know, especially for you know, somebody like myself because uh, you know, it just takes me back to you know, my elementary school period and time frame where you know, my teachers just were not very supportive and understanding. What we all have to realize and you know understand is especially for you know, middle school students and you know, junior high school students. Based on the question, they're starting to a lot of the times develop interests, they are starting to develop talents and passions. And what you have to do is is you have to be able to further amplify. You can exclude, you have to include, which is very very important. And I think another problem that we have seen, especially you know, with you know, schools like the School District of Philadelphia, is is that I've heard that some teachers and educators say that it's important that we blend in to society now as I think back on that. After hearing that, I feel like we are doing a major disservice to those not just in my generation, but in the next generation or any generation really, because you know, I would have to ask, what are we chameleons? You know, I I don't know any of us that has that capability to blend into society. Now, that's a chameleons superpower in terms of blending in so that way it can prevent, you know, from getting eaten. That's their unique gift. But everybody on this planet has a unique God given potential and I feel like that, you know, God's purpose for me is to do you know, stem in communications. And what we have to do is, you know, we we shouldn't be blending into society. I mean, nobody you know, looks alike besides twins. You know, if your siblings, let's say identical twins here and there, but even identical twins, they're different as well. You know, you're not one hundred percent identical. Nobody thinks the same, nobody talks the same as well. So everybody is a unique gift and unique talents. So you have to be willing to, you know, bring that out. I mean, what's wrong with a new way of thinking or thinking outside the box. That's primarily where I come in, especially as someone with hyperlexia, is you know, I don't usually think in between the lines, you know, I think outside and there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever, although there are some people who still say, oh, no, that's wrong. You got to think like this. No, what you have to do, and what you have to realize is is that everybody thinks differently, everybody learns in different ways and at different rates. But it's your responsibility to understand, you know, what talents you know your child has, and you have to go inside their mind and unlock the key to the brain or to the mind if you will, and that's what will unleash their journey and their skill sets. So if we start thinking like that, then really make much more of a difference. Jason, I'm so glad you just said that, because that's my next question. In my family, I have my niece, my only sister, older daughter, non verbal, and she has severe autism. But I can we can tell she loves music and vibration. So how do we connect or tell, you know, with kids like her, how can they experience stem differently? Yeah? Absolutely, well, that's great to hear. I was going to say that they are very interested you know in music again the arts in regards to STEM, to make it steam is very very important. But what I would have to say is, you know, in relation to that question, you know how best they can you know, engage and you know stem or steam. Uh, what they have. What you have to do is is you have to look for ample opportunities in terms of you know, their musical abilities or their music interest. Uh, if there's like a particular music group that they could potentially join, or if you know, for example, if they are eventually interested in participating you know in the band, the. Orchestra, the choir. Uh. You know, it's totally. Up to them, but you have to find uh, you know, those organizations that they are you know, very passionate about. And you also have to you know, get them to uh step outside their comfort zone as well by finding uh, you know, some ample opportunities and networking. Networking is very very key, uh in terms of you know, our society today. Because I know one of the big goals for me is is I want to be an astronaut growing up. I'm looking forward to, you know, going to the Moon to the Mars and back. Uh so, and in terms of my journey, it was, you know, all about learning, but it was also about networking. So as long as you find you know, those sample opportunities and you really get to see, you know, what your child is passionate about, then you know that'll definitely inspire them to go to the next level. Fantastic counselor. I want to pull this question or this statement by one of the people. Can you read this for as please? Thank you, Jason. I agree this is a pivotal age when passions begin to grow. My love of writing came from middle school, and I'm an educator and author today. My middle school teacher saw my gift and nurtured it. Without that experience, many children will fall through the cranks in high school. Mm hmm. Absolutely, well that's first of all, definitely very meaningful and I think as we can all agree, it really makes all the difference when there's a caring teacher, parent, mentor or you know, somebody else who helps to light that spark. So that really warms my heart to hear. And you know, again it's all about you know, finding the right individual or the right person for you now everybody has to realize and understand that, you know, you're going to run into people who are going to be mean, nasty and not supportive of you. Unfortunately, that's just the way life is. But it helps you to grow. You know, you learn from your good teachers and you're not so good teachers. Uh So, in relation to that, definitely use that spark and use that motivation to propel yourself forward to the next level. I think it's Nelson Mandela once said education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world. So based on that, you can definitely make all the difference. Absolutely, Jason, is there any advice that you can give to parents who have children in younger years to help better advocate for what their children need? Oh? Well, one of the big things is is for them to, you know, get involved in their school community. Again, whether it's in public school, if they go to you know, a private, a charter, or an independent school, it doesn't matter which, but definitely getting involved in a school community is very beneficial. In addition to that, something else that I would recommend that they do is start getting into podcasting. And I think in terms of podcasting, we saw a huge jump when COVID hit just because you know, people weren't able to connect, they weren't able to meet up in person, but podcasting was a wonderful way to you know, connect like we're doing right now. And podcasting is a wonderful way to you know, develop your child's story. So you can definitely help them to create, engage in content like a fun Fact Friday or something like that. You could develop, you know, anything really whatever their talent is, and there's so many cool tools out there in video editing, it's amazing now, but that can definitely help them to share their story and you know, really help them to step outside their comfort zone. I know with podcasting for me, it has helped me, particularly in social situations, to feel even more comfortable and feel even more relaxed. And you know, most importantly it allows you to focus, concentrate, and you know re edit as well. So I would definitely, you know, get into that as well, because you never really know what sort of relationships you could build through that. Thank you awesome. So Jason, when what Tanisha was reading your bio, she mentioned NASA. Can you tell us how did you get involved. With NASA affiliated work? And you know, what experience did you get from there? Yeah, that's a wonderful question. Well, first off, in terms of my journey to get to you know where I am today, it wasn't easy. It was you know, many different zigzags. That's just you know how life is. But I remember based on my experiences. I actually started out as a public school teacher, teaching middle school science and mathematics, and I started during COVID, which was quite an interesting time to teach. So but I definitely learned all the cool, you know, technology advancements that we've had, and I was able to apply that into the classroom to keep. The learning going. After teaching, you know, for a couple of years, I discovered some interesting areas in the aerospace industry, believe it or not, and I took my experience in terms of teaching in terms of curriculum development and design, and I eventually got to work at a space adventure camp down at Wallops Island in Virginia where we did robotics, coding, rocketry, and drones, which was very very cool. So I was in charge as a space camp administrator for overseeing that a couple of years ago, and then based on the connections that I made. It led me to my role at my current company I work at right now as a communications specialist. And you know what, I realized that being in communications. I never thought that this was the career path for me. If you would have asked me to be a communications specialist five or six years ago, I'm not sure what I would have said, but I would have said, what, like, I don't really see that well, being in communications, that's actually another career path that the next generation can certainly go down. A lot of people don't realize that either, which is why, you know, the overall use of podcasting comes in. So, you know, based on that, it led me to you know where I am. You know, at my company now, I've been there for a little more than I would say two years or so. But the company has science systems and applications incorporated. Where we are a company that you know, supports contractors like NASA, know many other global organizations. Uh So I'm not representing them. I'm just representing myself. I'm not an official speaker of them. But in relation to that, that's where it got me to today, and I'm very very grateful based on all my experiences, Uh, to work at such a great organization and company. I never once thought that somebody with hyperlexia form of autism would be here, and you know, I'm just living to dream and dreaming even bigger. That's that's great, that's great. Are there anything I'm sorry, No. Go ahead, So that's what I was going to say. We're about to ask the question. Oh oh, no, I was going to say, are are there any things that you're you're working on in the near future that you know you can talk about right now? Mm hmm. I'm there's a couple of things. One of the things I'm doing is is I'm actually graduating with my master's degree for this upcoming spring, so. Thank you. So I'm getting a Master of Arts in a teacher education, uh and it's in curriculum and Instruction with a STEM emphasis, and it's through Adam State University out in Colorado. So that is definitely something very exciting that I'm doing. In addition to that, I'm also writing a book in regards to my experiences with hyperlexia, and you know how STEM helped me to see that there's multiple different highways of opportunity. I'm not sure when that's going to come out yet, maybe at some point later on this year, if not next year. But that is definitely something that I'm working on as well with another graphics designer I work with. So I'm very very excited about that. And then in addition to that, I'm also working to you know, becoming an astronaut as well. I'm working on making many ample connections. I've had some great astronauts already and you know, looking forward to making many more connections. So those are the cool things I'm doing. Oh that's impressive. Yeah, yeah, that's a lot. And and congratulations to you because none of those things are small things. They're really big things, like to complete a master's program and to write a book. So that's a lot of work on top of everything that you're already doing. So you know, my head goes up to you, and congratulations, you know, for for completing all that. Yeah, you also mentioned that you're preparing to be an astronaut. Yes, I am. Okay, you have to tell me how do you prepare for? Thank you? Thank you a brief high level overview, but holistically, how do you do that? Yeah, well that's that's a wonderful question. Well, first, one of the main things that I'm doing is is you know, I'm making such you know, great connections in relation to you know, meeting astronauts, hearing their story, going to see their presentations. That definitely helps because you get to see, you know, some cool tips and tricks that you know they did, and you know also some of the struggles that they had as well, So it really helps to make things meaningful. One of the main things. That you know, I'm primarily doing by myself is I'm just being Jason, And I think that's definitely something that is you know, very very important, and that was actually, believe it or not, an elementary school, one of my rules for my schedule book. So I remember when I was in a learning support classroom, we got you know, smiley faces for rules if we did well, if we didn't do well, we would get a slash. That really upset me big time, but it learned. It helped me to learn and see that you know, you're not perfect, but it's a way to grow. So but that role really helped me. So I'm just you know, being Jason. I'm using my talents and my skill sets, you know in video editing and you know, stem social media to get to you know, where I want to be in the future. So that's one of the main important things. You just have to be you have to use your skill sets, you have to use your passions, and you know, that's who NASA picks. And it's amazing too. It's not just NASA, but there's many other you know, space entities. There's space Sex, there's Blue Origin, there's Virgin Galactic. The space industry has expanded so much over the last forty fifty years, so there's lots of ample opportunities. So many more people are going into space and hearing their stories is so so cool. So that is definitely one of the things that I'm doing. And I'm just pacing myself, you know, even though I'm just trying to, you know, go slow, I want to go super super fast, you know with the rockets, so you definitely want to be careful. Jason, how many languages do you speak? Uh? I actually just speak one. I mean I know a little bit of Spanish. I can count to ten in Spanish, but that's about all I can do. So counselor. Absolutely so. Mica Allison says, one talent I believe all parents have is observation I don't believe they the parents utilize that to figure out what children or all children are interested in and find ways to use the interest in different ways. Teens don't talk a lot, but observation can assist parents in guiding children in the direction of their gifts. So kudos to your parents and kudos to Sparkle for seeing what your relative is drawn to. Absolutely well, first of all, that definitely means a lot. I appreciate you thanking. My parents some very grateful that, you know, they were able to see that. You know, since I was able to read words at such, you know, a high level, they started to understand, you know, what my superpower was at first. And you know, even though I struggled early on in my educational journey, they were very supportive. You know. They took me to another elementary school they observed which was a very key you know, stem or steam term. You have to be able to observe. But they observed that the first experience wasn't working, so they took me to another place. Unfortunately, that different place didn't work out either, But you know, I was able to learn and grow and you know, observe myself even further. And that's something you got to do as well. You know, as an individual you have to take observations. You as the individual have to you know, understand, you know what your skill sets and what your talents are, and as parents, you are responsible for helping to harness that and you know allow them to you know, fly off and get them to the next level. Yeah. I just wanted to jump in real quick, spark, because Monica was giving you and Jcent flowers real quick. But go ahead, No, no, I was. I'm still like impressed and just giving you your flowers for the astronaut part. And when I said the preparing, I know that they eat powdered foods. I know they have to get their their body physically and this is probably the stories that you've heard. You know, from other astronauts in order to get prepared. But I do have a question. So the new administration, which is our Trump administration, and you know, there's been a lot of things about the DEI, about different pilots and astronauts and and pulling back because there are certain people that fall under maybe disability or minority things like that. So my question to you is that what would you say to what the administration is trying to. Convey when such as yourself, which highly capable but may fall under the subset of the intern astronaut. Well, what's your thoughts on that? If I was clear enough for the question. Mm hmm, yeah, that's a wonderful question. Well, and I have definitely seen, including you know everybody, especially in the government industry, that there's been a lot of you know, budget cuts with STEM and what I do have to say is, you know, some of it I support in terms of you know, the current administration, some of it I don't. And you know, here's why. One of the big things that I know that this current administration is doing is, especially you know in the government sector, is to hold everybody accountable. I think number one. In terms of you know, any career path, really it is very important that you hold yourself accountable. And if there are individuals that you know either don't really care and if they are not doing their job well, then you should definitely talk with them or you know, most importantly, they should be let go. It's important that you find someone who is you know, passionate, who's willing to do the job, is willing to do it right, and you know, can make a difference, so that I'm in full support, and I've heard some people say that they can't unite around that, and I don't understand personally why we all can't unite around accountability. I mean don't we all, especially like as parents want you know, what's best for their child. I mean, we're supposed to be responsible for helping to build the next generation up. So that is you know, definitely very hard and you know, hurtful to see that. You know, some people just you know don't really want to do any work, and that's very troubling. So that is something I do support in terms of, you know, things that I don't support are you know, some of the cuts that I have seen, particularly in the climate sector. So climate change, you know, is a big issue, and there's even been budget cuts you know in earth science as well. What what we have to do and what we have to realize is is we have to think back fifty sixty years ago. Does everybody remember learning about John F. Kennedy and the space race? You know, how we were trying to you know, be you know, the first people to you know, get into space because we were battling the Soviet Union. It was a huge battle but we won. We were you know, very victorious with that. And JFK said, you know this very famous quote that you know, we choose to go to the Moon in this decade not because it's easy, but because it's hard. And since you know, we you know, the United States of America became one of the global leaders in the space industry seeing these cuts. If we continue to make these cuts. Well then we're not really going to be the ample leaders in the stem industry, which is very troubling because there are other nations around the world who are you know, starting to get into space, if not they haven't already done so. Already other countries have launched, you know, satellites as well, and we should be championing that. We should be leading that and helping to unite around that. So that is definitely something that I have seen. But we also saw, you know too, there were budget cuts as well in the Biden administration as well. I remember during the final i think six months of Biden and Harris's presidency, there were five hundred people from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory out in California who are let go, and I would assume some of those individuals were climate people. So, and I wasn't very pleased with President Biden and you know, former Vice President Harrison their administration with those cuts either. So it doesn't seem like both parties as of now, and I don't know why there's not a whole lot of push for STEM so, which again is very, very troubling. So I'm trying to, you know, amplify my voice and say, you know, look, STEM provides multiple highways of opportunity, as we all can agree, and you know, we have. To get people to see that. Look, the United States of America, it's one of the greatest countries in the face of the earth. I don't mean to brag, but I'm proud to be an American. So and we have to be you know, those global leaders because if we continue to make these cuts, then what's going to happen is as individuals like myself, we're going to get, you know, pushed to the side. And you never really know, just as a side note, what individuals you know, like myself could do. We could be responsible for helping to come up with a cure for cancer, or come up with a cure for Alzheimer's. We could also be responsible, you know, for helping to develop a new colony on Mars or any other planet. So you don't know. If there's one small criticism, then what could happen is is that child could then be pushed aside. You might never hear from them again. And that is something you know that I don't support. So if we you know, do that and by allowing me to amplify you know, my voice even further, then you know, we can start to change things. So I'm trying to be innovative despite you know, some of these cuts. You know my company is as well, so and you know this is what we have to do. So I'm definitely very passionate about that. So I just wanted to share that answer. Fantastic, fantastic. That's why we like you over here because the amplification in the voice is that seldomly heard or don't get the opportunity to be heard. This is what we talk weekly stands for. I want to counsel, like, can you read this real quick before we close out? Yes, For school systems where stem slash Team is not yet a price already, how can we effectively help administrate administrators understand it's importance for student readiness, future careers and global competitiveness and move from awareness to action. Jason, real quickly, can you answer that? What would be the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to that. Yeah, I was gonna say, that's a wonderful question. Well, one of the big things that you have to do is is, you know, primarily in the school system, you have to find you know, other like minded individuals who are passionate like yourself to start a group. And you know, you don't necessarily have to start a group in school. I definitely want to emphasize that you could start a group outside of school as well, or you could you know, start a side activity, a side gig, you know, like podcasting as well. So if you don't get support, particularly you know, out of school, you know, maybe you would have to think about, well is this the right place for me? You know, if the administrators or you know, if the school board is not very supportive of it, well then you know you could potentially start to you know, maybe do something externally to help build you know, your audience and your feed or you might have to look you know elsewhere because you don't want to deal with, you know, those kinds of people who you know aren't supportive of that particular initiative. And what's very important. Is on top of that, I would encourage you know, parents to make sure that they speak up at school board meetings as well, and you know, really get them to you know, think outside the box. If your child is being restricted in a public school, then I would definitely encourage them, you know, to leave a public school, maybe go to a private school or an independent school something like that, to enable your child to be even more successful. So if you look at you know, those kinds of opportunities, you also look at you know, space adventure camps as well, then you know, you can really start to make a difference. There's plenty of opportunities out there. You're not just restricted to one, you know, tiny thing. So just definitely don't be afraid to expand out in case if it doesn't work out. Yeah, absolutely, I agree with that, and I do. But I do want to say, however, for those who may be marginalizeding you know, financially that some of those private schools are pretty expensive, you know, and so yeah, so I do, I but I do see that there are options and possible resources to assist or subsidize some of those cases. So I definitely agree with you with that. Before we let you leave, we always say on a show, once you come to the show, you're a friend of the show, so you're always welcome to come back. And I love and appreciated this conversation with you today. But I'll have two questions for you. What do you have anything coming up? Or is it anything else that you would love for our community, for our you were you know, listening in and we'll be seeing you would like to know about. Jason Absolutely well. I was going to say, you know, two things in relation to that. One of the things is is I would encourage your audience and viewers to go to YouTube and check out Science Systems and Applications Incorporated also known as s. AI, our podcast series. Uh. So I'll definitely make sure to you know, share that link with you Also, well you can provide it to your audience. You'll be able to you know, further see some of the great work and the great stories that I have heard, uh and get to see. I believe we have ninety one you know, podcast videos up on our YouTube channel as a whole, so which is you know, very very incredible. So I would definitely encourage you know, your audience to you know, check out our YouTube channel, uh, subscribe to it, share it uh so that that way you can hear you know, our subject matter expertise and get to see, you know, some of our opportunities. Again, I am not an official speaker representative of my company right now, I'm representing myself, but that is definitely something that you could do. In addition to that, what you can also do is is you can feel free to contact me via my personal email, which I'll make sure to provide that as well. If you're curious to learn more about hyperlexia or you know, just about my STEM journey in general, please don't hesitate to reach out. And then in addition to that, I'm starting to get into some singing you know as well, So definitely, you know, some karaoke nights. I'm looking forward to doing that. And you know, based on my STEM journey, I just have to say, you know, now it's time to. Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stalls, let me see what spring is like on a Jupiter and Mars. So I just. Did a. Frankie blue Eyes, right, Frankie blue. Eyes exactly, or as my mom says, Frankie. Baby, Frankie Baby. Yeah, and so how did you so really quickly, I'm pretty curious. How did you hear about We'll found out about we talked weekly. That's a wonderful question. Well, I was going to say I've been on pod Match, I think for the last I would probably say two and a half years or so. I started getting into it based on a friend's recommendation. One of the best decisions, you know, that I've ever made, because I've really enjoyed, you know, sharing my story and my experiences even further. And you know, I saw a message actually from you all. We talk weekly in terms of being a guest on the show, and I was, you know, very thrilled and very honored to be asked. So it was through Podmatch, through a message from you all, where I was able to develop that connection. Well, fantastic, fantastic. Well, we want to continue to amplify those voices and people like yourself to continue to go fight, so to speak. And that's for anyone who needs that support. And so I want I want to say you continue doing what you're doing. And again, once you come to the show, you a friend to the show, so you're always welcome to come back, but really quickly. How can they get back in contact with you? And I like to do stuff absolutely well. Again, they can check out my company's YouTube channel, Science Systems and Applications Incorporated as the SAI to follow each of our podcasts that we've done. You can also reach out to me via my personal email. It's Clarinetman one one four at gmail dot com. I also play the clarinet, as I'm sure you can tell from that email address, so you can feel free to contact me there just to hear more of my story, hear more about my work, and in addition to that, if anybody in the audience is curious and wants to learn more about SSAI and partner with us, or to get in contact with an official speaker representative, you can reach out to connect at s SAI HQ dot com. Again, that is Connect at SSAI HQ dot com and I'll make sure to share all those. Resources with you. All. Fantastic. What do you have it, ladies and gentlemen, that's Jason, a man of many talents. I want to thank you for coming to the show, my friend, and we'll see you one other side. Sounds great, Thank you all so much for having me. It was great to meet you. Not a proud take you. Hey, this is if we cannot be complete unless you listen to you. We watch, we talk,