Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, but we will touch on all of them.

Today we want to talk about people of color in STEM. There are a few celebrated and many more unfairly overlooked scientists, mathematicians, and engineers in this category. Who are your most admired figures and why?