He claims he only found the 56-entry file years later, during legal proceedings
A former NASA intern alleges he was secretly documented in a 56-entry performance log he never knew existed — then terminated.
Ravin J. Serrao, a Black, African American veteran, filed a federal lawsuit on March 27 accusing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of race and disability discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation during his time as a Pathways Intern at Kennedy Space Center. The case — Serrao v. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, No. 6:26-cv-00684 — is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. No determination has been made on the merits.
Serrao started at NASA in February 2019 as a Student Trainee in the Engineering Directorate's Resources Management Office, where he handled the budget for over 60 projects with budgets exceeding $80 million. His April 2019 evaluation rated him "Meets Expectations" across all categories and described him as an "integral part" of the office.
But according to the lawsuit, a parallel record was quietly taking shape. A team lead began keeping a running log of alleged deficiencies on Serrao — referred to in the filing as the "Serrao Document" — starting in June 2019. It eventually grew to roughly 56 negative entries by March 2020. None of it, the suit states, was ever shared with Serrao. He did not discover its existence until years later, during administrative proceedings.
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