• Brooke Owens Fellow, Class of 2019

• Syracuse University, B.S. Aerospace Engineering, '19

• Host Institution: Space Capital

• Mentor: Carissa Christensen

Bridget McDonough, a Southern California native, graduated from Syracuse University with a major in Aerospace Engineering. The idea of space exploration captivated her every time she stared into the night sky, her amazement at the immensity of the universe ignited her imagination for the future of humanity--well that and the far-too-many sci-fi movies that she watched. Not entirely knowing what she was signing up for when she decided to pursue her engineering degree, she graduated in 2019 and has since explored a variety of jobs in the aerospace field.

Bridget is determined to expand accessibility in space and not just to different socio-economic classes, genders, ethnicities, etc--but also to different degree backgrounds and intelligence types. She is committed to making space a place for everybody and is excited to be working during a time where the foundations of the space industry are currently being developed. She would like to receive her pilot's license one day and even aspires to be launched into the cosmos, where she'll continue to ""boldly go where no man has gone before.""

As a Brooke Owens fellow, she interned with Space Capital. She worked as a Flight Controller for World View Enterprises for more than a year, and has most recently accepted a full-time position as a Test Conductor for Ursa Major Technologies.