Ireland is a Draper Scholar who grew up in Orlando, Florida, and received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2022. She is interested in space logistics, primarily with respect to the commercial industry, where profitability should be maximized and operational costs should be minimized. She’s also interested in trajectory optimization for rendezvous and proximity operations of space vehicles, and whether or not new techniques or orbits can improve mission feasibility and expand mission capabilities.