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fromThe Mercury News
18 hours ago

Activist, astronaut shares her story at YWCA's Inspire Luncheon

With nearly 800 people in attendance at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Nguyen talked about how her dream of being an NASA astronaut was derailed in 2013 when she was raped at Harvard. Her path then led her away from space and into the world of activism, where she fought to secure rights for sexual assault survivors. That took her to Washington, D.C., where Congress passed and President Obama signed the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act in 2016.
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18 hours ago

Activist, astronaut shares her story at YWCA's Inspire Luncheon

Amanda Nguyen turned a campus sexual assault into national activism, helped pass the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act and flew on Blue Origin.
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