Sonya McCook, Bringing Together STEM & Mentoring

Sonya McCook truly Leads the Way as a woman in the male-dominated STEM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics) field. She was not deterred after a high school guidance counselor and a college professor told her women could not be successful in STEM. She went...

Shereá Burnett, Breaking Race & Gender Barriers

Shereá Burnett is a native of Alamance County. She identifies as Afro-Indigenous and is a proud citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. Shereá attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in Political Science and...

Nikki Ratliff, Trailblazing for Equitable Access

Nikki is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro with a degree in Political Science; she also obtained a Non-Profit Management Certificate from Duke University. While still in college, she was a residential counselor at Elon Homes for Children, providing therapeutic supervision...

Kristen Powers, Farm Girl Working for 2nd Chances

Kristen is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in Communication and African & African American Studies. She used her communication skills to create and produce a documentary, Twitch, following personal genetic testing for the devastating disorder,...