Aisha Bowe (born November 4, 1986) is an American aerospace engineer,STEM advocate and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a technology company, and LINGO, an educational tech company featuring tutorials and online resources featuringNASCAR driverBubba Wallace. In 2020, STEMBoard landed on theInc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately owned U.S. companies.
Bowe is the recipient of NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal, US Women's Chamber of Commerce Emerging Star Award and Virginia Business magazine's Black Business Leaders Award.
On February 27, 2025, it was announced that Bowe would be part of the crew forBlue Origin's eleventh flight to space under theNew Shepard program.[1] The launch,Blue Origin NS-31, took place on April 14, 2025.[2][3]
Bowe grew up in the United States in a working-class family. Her high school guidance counselor recommended that she become a cosmetologist, and Bowe subsequently enrolled inWashtenaw Community College. Bowe's father encouraged her to take a mathematics class there, and with a foundation in mathematics, Bowe successfully transferred into engineering programs at theUniversity of Michigan.[4][dead link][5]
Bowe worked in theAmes Research Center, in the Flight Trajectory Dynamics and Controls Branch of the Aviation Systems Division.[10] She joined the AST Flight and Fluid Mechanics group in 2009, assisting in the development of algorithms in support of Air Traffic Management.[11] In 2012 she received theNational Society of Black Engineers award for Outstanding Technical Contribution for her paper "Evaluation of a Fuel Efficient Aircraft Maneuver for Conflict Resolution".[12] As a Bahamian-American, Bowe wants "to see more Bahamians in the science and technology field."[13][14]
Bowe was awarded 2024 Woman of the Year by STEM FOR HER for her work contributions to the field of aerospace engineering and commitment to inspiring and mentoring young women inSTEM.[1] She also received the 2024 Luminary Award at Black Enterprise's Women of Power Summit and being named Essence Magazine's POWER 40.[21]
In an interview withABC News, Bowe shared that she mentored a 13-year-old girl who is now an aerospace engineer working forBlue Origin on one of the same rockets on which Bowe will be taking flight.[25]
On February 18, 2025SpaceX'sFalcon 9 booster landed off the coast of The Exumas. TheBahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOTIA) hosted a delegation of Cabinet ministers, parliamentarians and special guests led by Prime MinisterPhillip Davis at Cape Eleuthera Resort and Marina to witness the event.[26] Bowe was invited for her role in creating space protocols in The Bahamas and her work in creating opportunities in STEM fields in the Bahamas.
Bowe attended the 56th AnnualNAACP Image Awards whereKamala Harris received the Chairman Award.[27]
Bowe is a co-founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a company that provides professional advisory services to organizations in the U.S Government.[28] The company was founded in 2013 and is an SBA 8(a) Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) supported by theU.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce.[29][30][31]
Bowe founded LINGO, an education technology company, in 2022.[35] The company makes projects-based activities for kids.[36][37][38] The activities are available in the form of kits including coding kit that teaches hardware and software design.[39][37] The lessons are self-paced.[40] The first kit was called "In the Driver's Seat" which taught kids to create and code a back-up sensor for an autonomous car.[40] The company provides kits to children in over 10 countries.[22]
