Amanda Nguyen

Amanda Ngoc Nguyễn (born October 10, 1991) is a social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and the chief executive officer and founder 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. In 2024, Blue Origin announced Nguyen will become the first Vietnamese woman to fly to space.

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 also received the 24th Annual Heinz Award in Public Policy, ''Time'' 100 Next, ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30, and was credited as a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy. Furthermore, Nguyen is featured in the 2022 anthology ''We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States'' by Naomi Hirahara and published by the Smithsonian Institution and Running Press Kids. Provided by Wikipedia