“Many people did not believe that it could work, and they expressed that to me directly. It was difficult for me because I was a young graduate student then, but I persevered because I was excited about the project.” Yue Wan is a genetics researcher who is best known for the continued development of understanding how RNA in different cellular…
“In a span of just six years, I taught myself to overcome my self-doubt, shyness, and deep-seated fear of heights to become one of the best aerobatic pilots in the world. It still seems impossible for me to believe.” Cecilia Aragon is an American computer scientist, professor, and champion aerobatic pilot. She is well known for being the co-inventor of…
“To be a good leader, you must have empathy, you must be the best listener, and you must care fiercely about culture. To be successful personally, the most important traits are passion and perseverance, even more important than talent.” Beatriz Acevedo is an entrepreneur and founded the Latinx-focused digital media company called Mitu. She also is a three time Emmy…
“Know that your voice matters and don’t stop once you get momentum.” Edna Chavez is an student activist and advocate. She is a well known advocate against gun violence. Her speech for March For Our Lives placed her in the spotlight. She has organized student voter registration, “Know Your Rights” workshops, and assisting fellow students hone their leadership skills. She…
“I want the women who work for me to come in knowing that I believe they can do everything and anything” Priscilla Tsai is a former Wall Street investment banker who is now an Entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of the skincare brand Cocokind that aims to empower women through its natural and food-based products. Her company was a way to…
“It is how most of us learn what is possible for us, what our place in the world is. Too often we have to spend so many years unlearning what culture has taught us about who we are or ought to be, but It doesn’t have to be that way. We can change that. Every single one of us we…
“[My] journey within learning has been and continues to be to support physicians to become better clinicians and people to ultimately provide the best healthcare to patients.” Dr. Jane Kim is a learning leader and a board-certified emergency medicine attending at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. She attended SUNY Downstate for medical school and completed her emergency…
“We have so much accountability to everyone on the team, as well as our customers, that this is a company that we want to grow into a very large business because we’re doing good things for the world.” Meg He is the co-founder of the clothing brand ADAY. ADAY focuses heavily on sustainability in the fashion industry. With fabrics that…
“The goal of my activism is to bring humanity back into humanity.”.” Yara Shahidi is an American actress, model, and activist best known for her starring role as the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson in the comedy Black-ish and its spinoff Grown-ish. She signed with Women Management modeling agency in 2016 in hopes of raising the number of women of color…
“We are born into these racially divided worlds, so it’s never too early to learn, to think more about who we are and our world.” Winona Guo is the co-creator of the non-profit organization called CHOOSE, which focuses on promoting racial literacy. Harvard Sophomore Winona Guo co-wrote two textbooks, co-founded a nonprofit, and gave two TED Talks — most of…
