Manju Bangalore, SI Swim model and aspiring astronaut, on going from space suit to swimsuit: 'I am limitless'
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Manju Bangalore, who is also a physicist, actress, writer and founder of two nonprofits, is a finalist in this year’s SI Swim Search. She was photographed by Yu Tsai.
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While Bangalore is determined to make a splash on Earth, she also has her sights set on the great beyond. She is a scientist-astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM. But when she’s not busy with her training, Bangalore runs Operation Period and Painting With Parkinson's. A post shared by MANJU (@astronautmanju) A post shared by MANJU (@astronautmanju) A post shared by MANJU (@astronautmanju) A post shared by MANJU (@astronautmanju)
Operation Period, which launched in 2015, has provided more than 200,000 menstrual products to those in need. Painting With Parkinson’s, founded in 2020, aims to offer free painting kits and art classes to those impacted by Parkinson’s. It was created in honor of her father, who has had the disease for over a decade.