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From NASA to Miss Universe to Broadway: The Fig O'Reilly Story
12 January 2026
I just recorded a conversation with someone who shatters every assumption about what a STEM leader looks like. 🎧 Listen now: I'm Kelly Shungu, host of the Women In STEM Podcast, and my latest guest is Fionnghuala "Fig" O'Reilly, a former systems engineer and NASA Datanaut, and the first woman of colour to win Miss Universe Ireland. She's now a CBS Mission Unstoppable correspondent, Broadway producer for The Wiz, and the youngest Honorary Fellow in the 186-year history of Engineers Ireland. Her story? She's been told to "pick a lane" her entire career. E… Video by YouTube channel.