Krystal Puga is a Spacecraft Systems Engineer with Northrop Grumman Space Systems based in Los Angeles, CA. She is the Hardware Manager for the 178 deployment mechanisms that will unfurl the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) once it is in space. She is also the Launch Product Lead for the upcoming Launch in French Guiana. Additionally, Krystal is the Program Manager for the NG Space Sector Innovation Ecosystem.

Krystal is passionate about space education and has founded numerous programs and engineering competitions to promote STEM to middle and high school students, including a 3D-printed Cubesat educational kit to teach students about transient planet-finding methods. Krystal has also served as a Hispanic Hero for the Los Angeles Hispanic Youth Institute since 2009.

Krystal is a first-generation Latina from Tulare, CA. She holds an M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, and is currently pursuing a degree in Human Spaceflight.