Sian Proctor is an American college geology professor, science communicator, and analog and commercial astronaut.In childhood, she often moved with her family from place to place because of her father, who often changed jobs. She lived in Hamilton (New Jersey) for a year, then in Nashua (New Hampshire), then in Saint Paul (Minnesota) for five years, and other Notherneastern US states. When she was fourteen, she shifted with her family to Fairport, New York. A childhood picture of Sian Proctor.A hobbyist photographer, she does photography whenever she has time. She became interested in photography after her father gifted her a Canon AE-1 in her teens.Many labeled her a tomboy in childhood, as she did things considered not suitable for girls and also because of her love of sports. In a Twitter post, she wrote, My mom was worried about me as a kid because I was so independent. I was labeled a tomboy which I learned early meant boys could do fun things that girls shouldnt do. I loved to fish, play sports, & most of all I loved building airplanes and dreaming of being a fighter pilot. Sian Proctors childhood picture in which she can be seen in a tomboyish look.She was very athletic as a child and loved watching sports on television. In her school days, she contested in track & field and winter ski competitions. Sian Proctor during a track and field competition in her school days.In childhood, she joined the Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership, as she wanted to be a military aviator. However, when she turned fifteen, her dreams shattered because she got classes.Sians maternal great-grandmother, Rev. Elizabeth Powell, was an active community worker. She was the founder of the organization South Side Prayer Band (providing services like cooking, cleaning, and raising money for the needy). A baptist minister, she founded the World Fellowship Interdenominational Church in 1962, headquartered on Dewey Avenue. Elizabeth Powell was a supporter of the organizations such as the NAACP and the Youngstown Human Rights Council. In 2001, Powell was instated in the Ohio Womens Hall of Fame. Sian Proctors maternal great-grandmother.On July 4, 1996, her maternal great-grandmother, Powell, and the former US President Bill Clinton shared the stage in Youngstown, where he declared Powell as the best-looking 94-year-old woman in the world. Sian Proctors maternal great-grandmother with former US President Bill Clinton.In 1992, Sian Proctor started her career as a video editor at WROC Channel 8, Rochester, New York. After working for WROC for two years and one month, she was employed as the geology field school graduate teaching assistant at Arizona State University from July to August 1996.Proctor spent the next two months working as an earth science instructor under the Upward Bound program at the GateWay Community College, Phoenix, Arizona.