Professor Asha Rao is a mathematician by training and applies algebraic techniques to a wide variety of problems, ranging from designing better codes for communication, to detecting money laundering and describing human interactions in the physical space.
Koto artist
Domestic Policy Advisor to US President Biden and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council
Anam is one of 16 Master Teachers appointed by the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, where she works with Technologies teachers from across all sectors in Victoria, within the Teaching Excellence Program.
In her works of fiction, Dr. Lahiri has illuminated the Indian-American experience in beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement and belonging.
Multidisciplinary artist, educator, and member of the US President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Lady Gladys Nicholls was a leading Aboriginal activist whose dedicated community service was an inspiration to many.
The first woman and first person of color to be elected Mayor of Boston
A teacher at a Japanese-American WWII relocation camp, a founding member in 1965 of the Cleveland Japanese-American Foundation, and helped develop the Cleveland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
An exceptional dancer, vocalist, teacher, and award-winning choreographer in the Cambodian classical dance form. A master artist of the 1,000-year-old tradition, Shapiro was a member of the first generation to graduate from the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, after the fall of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge.