AJ Link (he/him) is openly autistic. He earned his JD from The George Washington University Law School and his LL.M in Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

He was the inaugural director of The Center for Air and Space Law Task Force on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Aerospace and is an adjunct professor of space law at Howard University School of Law. AJ serves as a research director for the Jus Ad Astra project and the Space Law and Policy Chair for Black in Astro. AJ is the human rights and policy lead for the Palestine Space Institute, which he helped cofound. He is the founding president of the National Disabled Law Students Association and the president of the board National Disabled Legal Professionals Association. AJ was previously a fellow at For All Moonkind’s Ethics Institute, served as the Accessibility Team Lead for AstroAccess, worked as a policy analyst for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.

AJ currently works as the director of policy for New Disabled South and New Disabled South Rising, and serves as the chairperson of The Potter’s House DC, a nonprofit bookstore and cafe. He sits on the JustSpace Alliance board of directors where he previously served as chairperson and vice chair of the board. AJ is also a commissioner on the American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights. He is the 2020 recipient of the Michael Dillon Cooley Memorial Award, a 2020 inductee of the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame, and the first ever winner of the Above Space Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

AJ continues to be actively involved in local, national, and international social justice movements and serves on several advisory boards and steering committees that focus on building a better future.