Meet Katya Echazarreta. The 26-year-old electrical engineer will make history when she becomes the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space.

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Echazarreta, who moved to the United States at the age of seven, has been selected from a pool of 7,000 applicants by nonprofit organization Space Humanity to participate in “Blue Origin,” the space mission funded by billionaire Jeff Bezos. ···