• Patti Grace Smith Fellow, Class of 2024

• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Aerospace Engineering, ‘26

• Host Institution: SpaceX

Marie Taylor is a sophomore at the University of Michigan majoring in Aerospace Engineering, focusing on astronautics. Marie is the External Communications Chair of Black Students in Aerospace (BSA) and Chief of Test Operations in the Michigan Blue Origin Payload Locker (MBOP-L) team. She has always had an infatuation with astrophysics and wants to contribute to humanity’s understanding of space by developing rockets that can deliver more demanding payloads into space.