Dr. Virginia Apgar persevered beyond early 20th-century barriers to women in medicine to become a leading anesthesiologist and the first female full professor at Columbia University.
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig was a pioneering American cardiologist best known for developing the first successful open-heart surgery to treat "blue baby syndrome."
Kihana Wilson is a Black, Lesbian astrophysicist, writer, and science communicator who is passionate about making science more accessible to communities historically excluded from STEM fields.
