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Sen. Boxer staffer flies to NASA’s legislative affairs team

Posted by Sean Myers on Jan. 25, 2016

A staff member for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has flown to NASA as a legislative affairs specialist.

Tom Rivera joined Boxer's staff in August 2013, soon after graduating from San Diego State University. He was promoted from staff assistant to legislative research assistant in less than a year, but now joins NASA as a congressional liaison.

While Rivera does not have a scientific background, his magna cum laude political science degree, together with his Capitol Hill experience, should help in NASA's uphill struggle to secure science funding for future missions.