Barbie has a resume that even the most accomplished high-achievers would envy.

Her first-ever job was as a “Teenage Fashion Model” in 1959, but she soon broke boundaries in male-dominated fields, playing Major League Baseball, programming computers and rising to the rank of sergeant in the Marine Corps. She has even made a foray into space travel, reaching the moon in 1965, years before Neil Armstrong’s famous first steps.

This week, as dedicated fans of Barbie gather in Washington, D.C. to kick off the 2015 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention, TIME is revisiting some of Barbie’s 150-plus careers over the years. Here’s a sampling of her most memorable ones:

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