Amanda Nguyen, who reworked private trauma into landmark laws for sexual assault survivors, now has her sights set on making historical past among the many stars as the primary Vietnamese and Southeast Asian girl in space.
Showing on “CBS Mornings” on Thursday, Nguyen stated she just isn’t afraid about her upcoming Blue Origin flight.
“I actually assume again to my household and the way they have been refugees in Vietnam. If they might undergo that journey, I can undergo this, too,” she stated.
Nguyen will be part of a historic all-female crew that features “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, pop star Katy Perry, philanthropist Lauren Sanchez, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe and producer Kerrianne Flynn. In the course of the mission, Nguyen plans to conduct two science experiments — one in partnership with the Vietnamese Nationwide Area Heart and one other centered on girls’s well being.
“Girls have been barred from turning into astronauts at NASA early on due to menstruation. They did not have the information to again that up,” Nguyen defined.
She can also be celebrating the launch of her newly launched memoir “Saving 5,” which is written from the angle of various ages of herself, addressing her 5-year-old, 22-year-old, 30-year-old selves and past.
“I picked 5-year-old and 80-year-old as a result of actually I feel the aim in our lives is to reside out our full potential and to make ourselves proud,” Nguyen stated. “Actually what I need individuals to know is that their goals matter and may nonetheless come true.”
Nguyen mentioned how she put her goals on maintain after experiencing sexual assault, selecting to pursue justice relatively than her profession. She subsequently drafted the Sexual Assault Survivor Invoice of Rights, which was handed unanimously by chambers of Congress.
The laws she championed prolonged the preservation interval for rape kits, which have been beforehand destroyed after simply six months in Massachusetts and 30 days in New York.
“After ten years of preventing for my rights, I lastly get to honor the person who I used to be earlier than I used to be damage,” Nguyen stated.
Nguyen’s memoir, “Saving 5: A Memoir of Hope,” is out there now wherever books are bought.
