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Amanda Nguyen
Amanda Ngọc Nguyễn (born Oct 1991) is a Vietnamese-American social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and commercial astronaut. In 2014 she founded Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization that works to implement a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights. She drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the United States Congress. She has also been credited with kickstarting the movement to stop violence against Asian Americans, after her video calling for media coverage went viral in February 2021.
In recognition of her work, Nguyen was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and was named one of the 2022 Time Women of the Year. She has received several awards, and was credited as a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy. Her memoir, Saving Five, was published in March 2025 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Nguyen flew aboard Blue Origin's 11th spaceflight under the New Shepard program. The Blue Origin NS-31 sub-orbital spaceflight took place on April 14, 2025, making Nguyen the first woman of Vietnamese heritage to fly into space. During the flight, Nguyen conducted scientific experiments, including one related to wound dressing in microgravity.
Amanda Ngọc Nguyễn was born in 1991 or 1992, in California. She is the daughter of Vietnamese boat people who migrated to the United States after the Vietnam War.
She graduated from Centennial High School of Corona, California in 2009 and earned a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 2013.
Nguyen interned at NASA in 2011 and 2013. She conducted research on exoplanets at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
After serving as the Deputy White House Liaison for the U.S. Department of State, Nguyen left to work full-time at advocacy organisation Rise in 2016, which she co-founded. Encouraged by her mentors during her time at NASA, Nguyen aspired to become an astronaut.
In 2021 she became a scientist astronaut candidate at the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, researching women's health and menstruation.
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Amanda Nguyen
Amanda Ngọc Nguyễn (born Oct 1991) is a Vietnamese-American social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and commercial astronaut. In 2014 she founded Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization that works to implement a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights. She drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the United States Congress. She has also been credited with kickstarting the movement to stop violence against Asian Americans, after her video calling for media coverage went viral in February 2021.
In recognition of her work, Nguyen was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and was named one of the 2022 Time Women of the Year. She has received several awards, and was credited as a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy. Her memoir, Saving Five, was published in March 2025 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Nguyen flew aboard Blue Origin's 11th spaceflight under the New Shepard program. The Blue Origin NS-31 sub-orbital spaceflight took place on April 14, 2025, making Nguyen the first woman of Vietnamese heritage to fly into space. During the flight, Nguyen conducted scientific experiments, including one related to wound dressing in microgravity.
Amanda Ngọc Nguyễn was born in 1991 or 1992, in California. She is the daughter of Vietnamese boat people who migrated to the United States after the Vietnam War.
She graduated from Centennial High School of Corona, California in 2009 and earned a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 2013.
Nguyen interned at NASA in 2011 and 2013. She conducted research on exoplanets at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
After serving as the Deputy White House Liaison for the U.S. Department of State, Nguyen left to work full-time at advocacy organisation Rise in 2016, which she co-founded. Encouraged by her mentors during her time at NASA, Nguyen aspired to become an astronaut.
In 2021 she became a scientist astronaut candidate at the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, researching women's health and menstruation.