# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-okolo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:06:30.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-okolo"
name: "Wendy Okolo"
slug: "wendy-okolo"
description: "Wendy A. Okolo is a Nigerian-American aerospace research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. She is the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington. She was also the Special Emphasis Programs Manager for Women at Ames."
tagline: "Aerospace engineer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
birthDate: "1989"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.62
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.480022666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_A._Okolo"
    title: "Wendy A. Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "وینڈی اوکولو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo"
    title: "Wendy Okolo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62072742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump