Talent exists everywhere. Opportunity does not. Cosmic Girls was recently featured in Desi Australia in a conversation with founder and CEO Dr. Mindy Howard about our collaboration with Mission ShakthiSAT, one of the world’s largest all-female satellite education initiatives. Representing more than 1,100 girls across 140+ countries, Cosmic Girls joins the mission as a global delegation—not one nation, but a worldwide sisterhood of girls pursuing STEM, leadership, and space exploration. Mia...

Recognition matters most when it reflects the mission behind the work. Cosmic Girls founder and CEO Dr. Mindy Howard was honored with the “Live Long and Prosper” Tribute Award from The Nimoy Knight Foundation, which carries forward Leonard Nimoy’s legacy of purpose, courage, compassion, and service. For Mindy, the honor reflects the same belief behind Cosmic Girls: that girls everywhere deserve access to the opportunities, role models, and confidence to imagine themselves in STEM, leadership,...

She thought NASA was unreachable...until she got there. María José once saw NASA as something meant for “other people.” Then she took a chance on herself, and everything changed. Her story is a powerful reminder: sometimes the biggest distance we have to cross isn’t physical, it’s the distance between believing we belong. https://www.cosmicgirls.org/post/unreachable-to-infinite-mar%C3%ADa-jos%C3%A9-s-journey-to-nasa-and-beyond