Amanda Nguyen is a civil rights activist and social entrepreneur, recognized for her work in championing the rights of sexual assault survivors and for being the first Vietnamese American woman to fly to space. After earning her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2013, following NASA internships in 2011 and 2013 where she conducted exoplanet research, Amanda Nguyen served as the Deputy White House Liaison for the U.S. Department of State until 2016. In November 2014, Nguyen founded Rise, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the civil rights of sexual assault survivors.
On this groundbreaking flight, she conducted critical scientific experiments, including one on wound dressing. Nguyen is also slated to publish her work ‘Saving Five’ in 2025, continuing to expand her unique platform across civil rights, science, and literature.