The first Diné (Navajo) to become board certified in surgery.
Emmy Umana
Lauren Esposito
“Visibility is important for mental health, for standing up to injustices, and for mentoring current colleagues and future scientists.” – Lauren Esposito
Jerry C. Elliott
“I made airplanes and flew them to see if they could touch the clouds . . . There were no astronauts then. But I knew someday, people would fly in rockets and go to the stars.” – Jerry C. Elliott
Isabella A. Abbott
“I call the endemic plants the first Hawaiians. Gingers and heliconias will grow elsewhere. The endemic plants will not. This is their home. It’s like the Hawaiian people – they belong here.” – Isabella Abbott
Helen Trías
“We need health, but above all we need to create a grounding for healthy public policy that redresses and salvages the growing inequities. We cannot achieve a healthier us without achieving a healthier, more equitable health care system, and ultimately, a more equitable society.” – Helen Trías
Har G. Khorana
The scientist who built the world’s first synthetic gene.
Frances H. Arnold
“Most innovations are not obvious to other people at the time. You have to believe in yourself. If you’ve got a good idea, follow it even when others say it’s not.” – Frances H. Arnold
Fe Del Mundo
“I feel that if you give the world the best that you can, the best will always come back to you.” – Fe Del Mundo
Emmett W. Chappelle
American scientist inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for groundbreaking work in bioluminescence.
Rosalind Franklin
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” – Rosalind Franklin