Software Developer This Ghanaian entrepreneur is making tech her mission for young girls in Ghana.  Determined that the word, “impossible” would not be a part of her vocabulary, Regina has become successful, admired, and recognized globally for inspir...

Social Entrepreneur & Industrial Designer Who is Diana Sierra?  Diana Sierra was working in Uganda in 2012, when she was surprised and outraged to see young girls dropping out of school left and right. Why? Because there was nothing to help the...

Atmospheric Chemist Currently, a professor at MIT, Susan is internationally recognized as a leader in atmospheric science.  She led an expedition to Antarctica to investigate the newly discovered ozone hole over the continent. Solomon's research...

Biologist Christiane is a German biologist who co-won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on the genetic control on embryonic development. She was able to identify genes using fruit fly embryos and by using small amounts of radiatio...

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...