Big Goals, Bold Choices: Mishaal Ashemimry, Founder, Mishaal Aerospace – Entrepreneur

Big Goals, Bold Choices: Mishaal Ashemimry, Founder, Mishaal Aerospace – Entrepreneur

Big Goals, Bold Choices: Mishaal Ashemimry, Founder, Mishaal Aerospace Ashemimry is today perhaps best known as the first female aerospace engineer in the gcc, but she is also an entrepreneur, commercial pilot, speaker and influencer.

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While Mishaal Ashemimry currently serves as the Vice President for Diversity Initiatives at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the Paris-based international space advocacy organization, and as a special advisor to the CEO of the Saudi Space Agency, she is also an entrepreneur, having founded Mishaal Aerospace in 2010 to pursue her ultimate dream of building rockets. Now, looking at how her career trajectory has led her to where she is today, it is quite understandable why her advice for aspiring female scientists starts with her saying, "The view from here [the top] is pretty amazing! So, don't let anyone clip your wings. The sky, as they say, isn't the limit– it's just the beginning!"

Ashemimry is today perhaps best known as the first female aerospace