Mathematician & Computer Scientist Who is Dang Thi Oanh?  Before she was Doctor Dang, head of the Division of Science, she was a little girl growing up in a tribal village in Vietnam. Dang Thi Oanh lived in a house with a roof made of leaves an...

Public Health Physician & Urban Epidemiologist Born in Nigeria, Tolu Oni has always known she wanted to make a difference in field of medicine. She established the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity (RICHE), to address complex iss...

Nuclear Engineer Dr. Mareena Snowden was the first black woman to earn a PHD in nuclear engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research is focused on nuclear arms control verification, nonproliferation, and modernization. As a c...

Engineer and Astronaut Who is Mae Jemison?  Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1957. With three children in the family, the Jemison moved to Chicago when Mae herself was only three-years-old. It was here that an uncle of hers introduced h...

Robotics Engineer Ayanna Howard is the founder and CTO of Zyrobotics, a company that develops educational robots for children and the disabled. As a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, Ayanna has come a long way from her job at NASA in the Je...

Renewable Energy Tech and Inventor Known for inventing Soccket, a soccer ball that can be used as a power generator, Jessica Matthews company Uncharted Power is disrupting global power infrastructure. She also started Uncharted Play to expand her product l...

Having two parents that were software engineers, it's no wonder Window Snyder would have a passion for technology. She has worked in security for some of the biggest tech names in the world, Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, and now Intel.

Annie Easley Starting out at NASA as a human computer, she developed and implemented computer code used in determining solar, wind, and energy projects.

Dr. Sameera Moussa's discoveries paved the way for nuclear research to be more accessible and cost effective.

Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry