The live feed of Brookie news! Read articles written by our Fellows and follow the achievements of the Fellows and the program in the news or in publications. This blog is written and maintained by alumnae of the Brooke Owens Fellowship.
By Anika Hidayat, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
2019 Brookie Anika walks us through the Brooke Owens Fellowship, why it was founded, and what our Brookies get out of the fellowship. “There are plenty of blank pages waiting for your story of aerospace success. We'll be your biggest supporters.”
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By Laura Seward Forczyk, Brooke Owens Fellowship Mentor
Despite earning and pushing my way through many doors, I too frequently feel as an outside looking in, striving for more acceptance and more opportunity to prove I can do this.
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By Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
There are some people that come into your lives, and in that instant, you know you are changed forever. Now imagine 38.
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By Will Pomerantz, BOF Co-Founder
What to do if you are on the sidelines of the aerospace industry, wishing you could get in. I sure as heck don’t have all the answers, but I’ll share what I’ve got. So, okay. Let’s say you’ve decided to give it a shot. Whether you are a student looking for your first job or a life-long aerospace enthusiast looking to go pro, you’ve decided to try it.
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By Natalie Pfister, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Before this summer I had never worked on an all-female project team in my own field. I had never worked on a Grand Challenge. I had never spoken to women in the space industry who could tell me about their career paths, the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them. And I had certainly never had a dance party on a pirate boat.
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PRESS RELEASE: Today, the Brooke Owens Fellowship announced its newest class of “Brookies,” a cohort of extraordinary undergraduate women in aerospace selected for their professional aptitude, their creativity, their leadership ability, and their commitment to serving their communities.
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By Diana Alsindy, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
The language barrier can be a problem for many – if you don’t speak English, you’re essentially excluded from conversations about space exploration. I’m a Propulsion Development Engineer at Virgin Orbit and I’m trying to address this issue with a bilingual Instagram account – The Arabian Stargazer.
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By Will Pomerantz, Brooke Owens Fellowship Co-Founder
Innovators all around the world are getting creative about ways to close the gender gap and other forms of underrepresentation and discrimination. One fresh new programme that’s making waves is the Brooke Owens Fellowship. Now entering its third year, this program gives extraordinary undergraduate women an incredible start to their careers in aviation or space.
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PRESS RELEASE: Today, the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program - an award-winning, volunteer-led program awarding internships and senior mentorship to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration - announced 41 young leaders as recipients of 2018 Brooke Owens Fellowships.
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By Caroline Juang, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
On Sunday, December 3, 2017, the 2017 Brookies took to their computers to answer questions about the Brooke Owens Fellowship on the community website Reddit. The session with the Brookies lasted an hour, garnering some great responses that are recorded below ranging from their experiences as women in the aerospace industry to advice for the application process.
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PRESS RELEASE: Today, the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program - a volunteer-led program awarding internships and senior mentorship to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration - announced 36 young leaders as recipients of 2017 Brooke Owens Fellowships.
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By Diana Trujillo, Brooke Owens Fellowship Mentor
Exploring space is extraordinarily difficult. Like the other challenges of our time, if we want to solve it, we need to harness the intelligence and creativity of all of our best and brightest people, not just those of one race or gender.
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