Aisha Bowe is a former NASA rocket scientist, future Blue Origin astronaut, global motivational speaker, and founder/CEO of STEMBoard and LINGO. Later this month she’ll be telling local young women about her journey during this year’s Girls Empowerment Trailblazer Dinner, which is free to attend.
Bowe began her career by taking a pre-algebra class at a community college and remains passionate about empowering students to pursue careers in STEM. Bowe completed her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering in 2008 and her master’s degree in space systems engineering in 2009.
Bowe worked in the Ames Research Center, in the Flight Trajectory Dynamics and Controls Branch of the Aviation Systems Division. In 2012, she received the National Society of Black Engineers award for Outstanding Technical Contribution for her research.
While at NASA, she served as a liaison to the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program. She is also a part of the U.S State Department Speaker Program.
Bowe will travel with Blue Origin in 2024 on the New Shepard launch vehicle, making her the first black woman to travel with Blue Origin.
She is a co-founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a company that provides professional advisory services to organizations in the U.S. government. STEMBoard was ranked on Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest-growing private companies in 2020.
In 2022, Bowe created a self-paced coding kit called LINGO that is used by more than 5,000 students in 10 countries use. Geared toward young learners, the project-based activities are available in the form of kits including that teach hardware and software design.
The Trailblazer Dinner is geared towards middle and high-school-aged girls and their parents and guardians, but all are welcome to attend.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. on February 29 in OCTC’s Blandford Lecture Hall in the Humanities Building at 4800 New Hartford Road. Check-in for the main event and a program fair featuring OCTC programs and information begins at 4:30 p.m.
The evening includes a free meal and an OCTC information and swag bag. Organizers are providing a limited number of T-shirts to attendees on a first-serve basis.
While the lecture and meal are free, guests need to register by clicking here or emailing [email protected].
The event is partly sponsored by Independence Bank, the Hopkins County Business and Professional Women, the Kentucky Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, Inc., and the OCTC Foundation, Inc.
