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title: PODCAST | Future astronaut Mindy Howard new ambassador for Female Tech Heroes
description: "In this podcast you will meet Mindy Howard, the first Dutch woman who will go into space: ‘People didn’t take my dream seriously. But now it’s coming true’"
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# PODCAST | Future astronaut Mindy Howard new ambassador for Female Tech Heroes

News | Mar 12, 2020 11:07:04 AM | By Ingelou Stol

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Mindy Howard, the first Dutch woman who will go into space, will become an ambassador for the Female Tech Heroes movement. [Female Tech Heroes](http://www.hightechcampus.com/femaletechheroes) is an initiative by High Tech Campus Eindhoven to create more diversity in the tech world. 'There aren't enough female role models. I didn't have a role model growing up. The more visible women become in technology, the better off other women will be.' Howard held on to her dream: ‘People didn’t take my dream seriously. But now it’s coming true.’ 

[*Read the Dutch press release here*](https://www.hightechcampus.com/astronaut-mindy-howard-gaat-strijden-voor-meer-diversiteit-in-de-tech)

By NASA, Mindy Howard was selected as a Highly Qualified Astronaut Candidate, but due to bad luck she didn’t make it. But Mindy Howard never gave up on her dream. The dream she had when she was a little girl: to become an astronaut. In 2023 she will be the first Dutch woman who will go into space. Not with NASA, but with a commercial space flight. 

In the [High Tech Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/user-935346156/mindy-howard-people-didnt-take-my-dream-of-becoming-an-astronaut-seriously-now-its-coming-true) interviewer (and founder of Female Tech Heroes) Ingelou Stol talks to her about her passion about space, her move to the Netherlands and about diversity. 

*![IMG_1072](https://blog.hightechcampus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_1072.jpg?width=551&name=IMG_1072.jpg)*

Mindy Howard will be one of the four ultimate role models that Female Tech Heroes will highlight this year. She will give a keynote, book signing and a join panel discussion at the Female Tech Heroes Conference in June. Tickets will be online soon.

[Join the Female Tech Heroes network to never miss an update](http://www.hightechcampus.com/femaletechheroes).

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