Known as the “space mechanic,” ELIO MORILLO is a Mars 2020 operations engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Born in Ecuador and raised in Puerto Rico and New York, Morillo is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, bringing years of volunteering and organization experience to Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Hispanic Employee Resource Group and New Researchers and Scientists Group, where he serves as the networking chair. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and currently resides in California.