Growing up in the Philippines with dreams of Space and interplanetary travel, how a scholarship to the International Space University in France has led to a unique career as an international space consultant, co-authoring "Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight", working as Chief Impact Officer at Singularity University and the study of how to leverage exponential technologies for global impact, becoming one of the first recipients of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and how that has enabled the newly created SpaceBase team to start leading the push for the democratisation of access to Space, from New Zealand. Emeline Paat-Dalstrom is a co-founder of SpaceBase and arrived in New Zealand in 2017 on a three year Global Impact Visa through the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.  SpaceBase: http://www.spacebase.co/ Edmund Hillary Fellowship: https://www.ehf.org/