As a child living in a remote village in western Alaska, Kory Morris Francis Joe was enthralled by the stars. Stargazing was a therapeutic pastime for Joe, who would stare up at the night sky to distract himself from the alcoholism that plagued his family, and so many others, in his rural community. Today Joe, Yupik Eskimo and Asa’carsarmiut Tribe, is studying at Northern Arizona University to become a mechanical engineer in a space program. He uses his past as motivation for the future.