At the TIME Women of the Year Leadership Forum, Amanda Nguyen shared her journey as an astronaut and activist, highlighting the challenges many women in STEM face regarding gender-based violence. After being assaulted, she fought for her rights and helped reform laws on sexual assault, exemplified by the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act. As the first Vietnamese woman to go to space, she plans to take a personal reminder of her resilience—a promise note she wrote post-assault. Nguyen's story exemplifies perseverance in the face of adversity, inspiring others to keep pushing for change.
"When I left the hospital after my rape, I wrote a promise to myself: Never, never, never give up.' And so I taped that, and I looked at that note to help me graduate Harvard."
"In my situation, I was dreaming of going to be an astronaut, and then I was assaulted. ... I had to make a choice between my justice or my dreams of being an astronaut."
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