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Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock explains why being different is no barrier to success if you are passionate about something. As a dyslexic child, Maggie found reading and writing in school difficult. Nonetheless, it was a book that changed her life. On its cover was an astronaut. As soon as Maggie saw that picture of a man floating without gravity in his amazing suit, she craved more information about space. Driven by a desire to understand how the universe worked, she studied science and went on to make new discoveries about space on her own. Maggie describes how she worked hard to overcome stereotypes by staying true to her goal. Despite not fitting the common image of a 鈥榮erious, white male scientist鈥�, she made it. Her message to others is simple: "Believe in yourself, and you can achieve so much.鈥�