An American social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and bioastronautics researcher. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization. Nguyen drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the United States Congress. Nguyen has also been credited with kickstarting the movement to stop violence against Asian Americans after her video calling for media coverage went viral on February 5, 2021.
PSA: There was at least one person who deserves recognition on that flight. She paused her space career to fight for women’s rights.
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