La Mesa native Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel in space, was one of 19 Americans who received this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on Friday.

The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Foley & Lardner hosted a firmwide virtual program on March 25 featuring Dr. Ellen Ochoa — the first Latina in space — who has charted an ...