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Naoco Wowsugi is a Korean-Japanese artist who lives in Washington D.C., United States. Wowsugi won an award from the Smithsonian Museum, the National Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Much of her art is made by many people working together. She is a professor at American University. In 2023, Wowsugi changed the spelling of her first name from "Naoko" to "Naoco" to endorse U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Early life and education. Wowsugi was born and raised in Japan. She is of South Korean descent. When she was small, she dealt with social alienation, caused by being mixed-race Korean and Japanese.  Wowsugi studied in the Osaka University of Arts while she was in Japan. She later moved to the United States. She graduated from the Kansas Art Institute. She graduated with a BFA from both schools. “As an artist, I emigrated from another country to America,” says Wowsugi. “Art making always connects people and I learn about the community." She then started expressing "contemporary social community" through art at Rockville, a city near Washington DC. Wowsugi got her Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. Career. Wowsugi brings people together with collective hands on art projects that give back to their community.  Wowsugi moved to Minneapolis, MN, USA. She began doing haircuts as performance art. She used the cut hair in her "A Hairy Tale" exjhibit. She started creating community projects In 2019 in Charleston, she started a Community project called the "Fungus among us". Inspired by the mycelium network, more than 200 community members, toddlers to elders, collaborated together to create a mushroom parade in the neighborhood. The goal of this project was to show how fungi/mushrooms are so closely connected, similar to a strong community. Apart from this, her second project was called MICROCOSMOS. It was a planetarium about mushrooms. It was open for 10 days, and more than 2,000 people attended.  Wowsugi
Daniell Washington is an American marine biologist, science communicator, television host, and activist for ocean conservation. Washington was the first African American woman to host a television series about science. She founded the nonprofit organization Big Blue and You. Washington is seen on STEM-related shows like "Mission Unstoppable, Science the $#*! Out of It, and Xploration Nature Knows Best." She is featured in NOVA's “Ocean Invaders.” Career. Washington grew up in Miami, Florida. Her family is from Jamaica. She loved the ocean since she was six years old. She graduated from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine &amp; Atmospheric Science in 2008. She was the only woman of color in her academic department at college.  When she was twenty-one she co-founded the nonprofit organization Big Blue and You with her mother. Big Blue and You is a group that inspires young people to care about ocean conservation. Washington help children learn about the ocean by helping them make art from recycled materials. Washington started the organization after she won the "Follow Your Heart Tour" award. She won US $10,000. She used the prize money to start the Art Sea Festival. The Art Sea Festival allows children to talk to scientists and artists who care about the ocean. She also used the prize money to make the first episode of a television show for children about science. In 2016 Washington became the host of her own show on the Fox station “Xploration Station” where she talks about how scientists are taking inspiration from nature. The show lasted two seasons. Washington co-hosted the series "Science the $#*! Out of It" with comedian Krystyna Hutchinson on Facebook Watch. In the series, they answered questions from the internet. Washington wants women, non-binary people, and people of color to get excited about science. She wants them to understand they can be scientists. That is why she is on many television shows. She also started the podcast 21st Century Mermaids. That podcast features women and non-binary ocean conservationists.  Awards. Washington won the "Follow Your Heart Tour" prize from ROXY. She also won a "TogetherGreen" fellowship from the National
Brían Nguyen (born on July 16, 2003) is the first transgender person to win a local Miss America beauty contest. She won the Miss Greater Derry event on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Being transgender means she is a person who was born male but identifies as a woman. After she won, she also started the #QueensAreEverywhere movement. She helps young women and men feel more confident and strong. Nguyen went to Nashua Community College and took a business class.  Accomplishments. Before starting the #Queens Forever Movement, the 19-year-old Nguyen won the "2023 Miss Greater Derry beauty pageant." She was the first ever local trans woman to do so. After she won, she got the title of “"Miss Greater Derry 2023",” a crown, and money to pay for school.
Catherine Edeh is Nigeria's first deaf female lawyer. She is an activist for disability rights. Edeh is the first deaf female lawyer in Nigeria. Edeh started the Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI). She is the founder and Executive Director. She went to Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, University of Ilorin, and University of Minnesota. Early life. Edeh was born in Enugu, Nigeria. She became deaf when she was five. Her parents wanted her to quit school and learn to be a seamstress or hairdresser. Edeh wanted to stay in school. She braided people's hair to save up money to go to college. She went to Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, and learned sign language there. She studied at University of Ilorin, in Kwara State. Edeh then studied at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA. Career. Edeh noticed the amount of human rights violations disabled people go through every day. She wanted to do something about it. She believed that laws that protected disabled people needed to be put in place in Nigeria. Edeh got her Bachelor of Laws Degree at University of Ilorin. She was the only deaf person in her class. Edeh also studied in the U.S. She went to University of Minnesota.  Edeh is the Executive Director of Voice of Disability Initiative. Their goal is to inspire disabled people, especially women. VDI also wants to protect the rights of disabled people.  Edeh has been helping deaf people go to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. She did not have a secondary school near her home where she could study. She had to go far away for school. So, she wants a school deaf students can attend in the south part of Nigeria. Edeh also works to protect deaf girls from violence. She works for better healthcare fir girls with disabilities. Personal life. Edeh married a deaf man to avoid being mistreated by a hearing husband.
Christine Philip is a clothing designer. She is currently the CEO of Global Glam.  Early life. Philip was born in Manhattan. Her mother and father work in medicine. Her father is a pediatrician. She is Indian, German, and Portuguese. She studied at Rocky Bayou Christian School in Florida. She went to college at Emory University in Atlanta. In college, Philip worked in a store that sold expensive shoes. Customers liked her clothing. She began college studying medicine, but changed to marketing and finance.  Career. Philip began her career by working at the Bally of Switzerland, a clothing house. She has worked in different countries before settling in the United States. Philip searched for her passion, and tried many different types of clothing design and jewelry design. She started a couple of small businesses. She then started Global Glam and the magazine launched in 2015, which is a magazine and retailer. In 2020, Philip launched an e-commerce division of Global Glam. Personal life. Philip currently lives in Naples, Florida with her family. She enjoys free time by playing tennis or going to the beach.
Maia Perez (born October 19, 1999) is an American professional soccer player. She is a goalkeeper. She was drafted by Angel City FC in the United States' National Women's Soccer League. They sent her to play in France for a few years. She is the starting goalkeeper for Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (GPSO 92 Issy) at the age of 23.  Early life. Perez grew up in East Kentwood, Michigan. She started to play soccer in the 2nd grade. She was the goalkeeper when playing with the boys in her elementary school.  Career. Perez began playing division 1 soccer for the Hartford Hawks in her freshman year. She was in college for 5 years. Perez began playing with Angel City FC in Los Angeles, CA, USA in March of 2022. She currently plays with Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (GPSO 92 Issy). In 2023 she started playing for OL Reign of Seattle.
Rahnee Patrick is the Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services at the Illinois Department of Human Services. She is the first Asian American in this position. Patrick is an award-winning author and has 105 books published on Goodreads. In 2008, Patrick received an award from the American Association of People with Disabilities as a leader. She received the Paul Hearne Award.  Early life. Patrick was born in South Bend, Indiana. Patrick was raised in the small town of North Liberty, Indiana. She has psoriasis and arthritis, which do not let her use her arms or hands. Her parents met during the Vietnam conflict. Her mother, Ubonwan Patrick is originally from Thailand.  Education. Patrick graduated from John Glenn High School in 1992. She graduated from Indiana University at South Bend in 1996. She co-founded Students Together Active and Respected at Indiana University, where she met others with disabilities.  Career. Patrick graduated from Illinois University at South Bend in 1996. She then started becoming involved in the independent living and disability rights movements as well as the group ADAPT. In 2007, the Governor of Illinois had her start working for the Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities. Then, in 2008 she was awarded the Paul Hearne award. Patrick graduated from Adler University with her Master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She currently lives in Chicago with her husband and 2 dogs.
Chloe Psyche Anderson is a transgender woman volleyball player. She is the first transgender athlete in a California college or university. She met the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA)  Anderson grew up in Irvine, California. In preschool, she loved playing princesses and dressing up. A while before kindergarten she started getting bullied. She got beat up almost every day for about 7 years. When she was in middle school, she started failing classes, trying not to get noticed. Her only target was to not get noticed. She only felt excited about playing volleyball.  But by junior year she was feeling too sad. Her grades were too bad. She got kicked off the volleyball team at school. Anderson began her transition from male to female at the age of 19 after years of feeling like she was assigned the wrong gender. Before her transition, she had always felt like she didn't belong with the boys, she felt like she belonged with the girls. Anderson’s mother wasn't accepting of her child's decision because she assumed Anderson was only cross-dressing. Eventually, she learned to accept her daughter. Her mother became a big supporter and always cheers for her at volleyball games. Anderson worked to afford treatments for gender transition.  Anderson found it difficult to play volleyball while taking hormones. Her body did not work as expected. By one year into her treatments, she was much slower and less powerful than before. Her "male muscles...melted off her body." She argues that trans players do not keep advantages of their gender before gender transition. After Anderson changed the gender on her birth certificate and took gender replacement hormones for a year, both the California Community College Athletic Association and the NCAA let her play college volleyball.` Anderson played for Santa Ana Community College for two years and then changed to playing for the University of California Santa Cruz Volleyball team.
Marisa Seepersaud is a Guyanese paediatric surgeon. She was the only pediatric surgeon in the country of Guyana until 2021. She provides surgical care for children and newborn babies. She became one of the two surgeons in high demand later on. Seepersaud is the head of paediatric surgeons at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She set up training programs that were not available in Guyana She helped train people who want to become surgeons. Seepersaud also introduced daycare surgeries that admitted patients within 24 hours of surgery.   Early Life. Seepersaud grew up in Guyana. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut. Due to the conditions and resources they had to keep in mind, she wasn’t able to continue her desire. After graduating from the University of Guyana School of Medicine, she went to study at the University of West Indies Jamaica, to learn more in-depth about the paediatric surgical program.  Right after attending both universities, Seepsaud joined "Baby Heart". Baby Heart is a non-profit team that focuses on performing surgeries around the world for children. Awards. In 2019, Seepersaud won the "Canadian Association Paediatric Surgeon Global Scholar" Award.
Hot pockets are an Americanized version of a calzone made in the early 80's by Nestlé. They are commonly made in a microwave through you can make them in an oven and any other kitchen tool used for cooking.
Nashwa Mamdouh El-Bendary is an Egyptian computer scientist. She researches climate change and its impact on agricultural crops. Her work won the L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science award in 2015. She also won the UNESCO ALECSO Award for creativity and technical innovation for young researchers in 2014. Education. El-Bendary studied Computer and Data Science at Cairo University. She graduated in 2000. She then earned a MA in 2004 and PhD in 2008. Career. El Bendary uses artificial intelligence to understand climate change. Computer science helps her understand how agricultural crops are impacted by climate.  She is interested in disease detection in crops. She is researching if artificial intelligence can help detect problems. El-Bendary is a professor at the Arab Academy of Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AAST).  She is now the Dean of the College of Computing and Information Technology at the AASTMT (South Valley branch). She directs the China-Arab States Technology Transfer Center (CASTTC).  She published over 80 research papers. She is also a member of the Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE).
Robert Bakewell (23 May 1725 – 1 October 1795) was an English farmer, now seen as one of the most important figures in the and a pioneer of modern agriculture. As well as his work in crop production and soil management, he is well-known as the first to put forward systematic selective breeding of livestock. His advancements not only led to specific improvements in sheep, cattle and horses, but contributed to general knowledge of artificial selection.
Marion E. Wong (1895-1969) was an American filmmaker of Chinese descent. She is one of a few known female directors of movies. Wong created the first known Asian American-made movie. She wrote, produced, directed and acted in the "Curse of Quon Gwon." Wong also made the scenery and costumes. It was one of the only movies that featured Chinese Americans in a non-stereotypical view. After making "Curse of Quon Gwon", she became bankrupt and stopped filmmaking. Her movie became lost except for 2 tins, which were recently discovered. Early life. Wong was born in San Francisco. She moved to Oakland when she was young. She went to until she moved. Because she was the youngest of a big family, she probably got homeschooled after moving. Her family owned a cafe. As a child, she spent a lot of time at the cafe. When she was 15, she and her brothers went to China to find spouses. At that time, there was an act called the Geary Act. It made it hard for Chinese immigrants to come to the United States. Because of that, Wong and her brothers could only stay in China for one year. If they stayed longer, they could not return to the United States. In China, one of her brothers died of smallpox. The other brother found a good wife named Violet. Violet and Wong became good friends. Meanwhile, Wong found a someone to be her husband. She rejected him and went back to the United States without a husband. Career. After returning to the United States, Wong started writing the screenplay for her first movie. Charlie Chaplin filmed part of his movie, "One Night Out", near Wong’s family’s cafe. She led her to creating a movie from the screenplay. She hired one of Chaplin's people to be the cameraman for the movie. This cost a whole lot of money. She got support from her uncle who was very wealthy. She started her own movie company. This company was called Mandarin Film Company. Her movies was much better than most movies made by beginner directors.This is partly because of the good person working the camera. She directed and
Georgette Vidor Mello (born 5 October 1958) is a Brazilian gymnastics coach and politician. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has worked as head of artistic gymnastics and as a coach at Clube de Rogatos de Flamengo. Vidor worked with the Brazilian National Women's Team for 15 years. With her as coach, the Brazilian team won their first Pan American gold medals and their first world medal. Vidor had an accident that caused her to be paraplegic. She still went on to coach more top athletes. In 2002, Vidor was elected State Representative, with 50,350 votes. She later became a Deputy and created the first permanent commission to help people with disabilities in State Legislative Assemblies in Brazil, She also created the accessibility seal and held seminars every year. Vidor was part of the party executive. She helped others to prepare for their jobs. As of January 2023, Vidor was Head of Municipal Secretariat for People with Disabilities. She has held this position since May 2011.
Makiko Kudo (Born in 1978) is a Japanese painter. When Kudo was young, most paintings showed real life things. She paints fiction. People did not like that. Kudo’s way of painting was seen as political resistance. She grew up with stiff social structures and a failing economy.  Her paintings always have a child in them. The child shows her generation’s worry about adulthood.  In 2007, she had a display of her art at Tomio Koyama Gallery in Kiyosumi, Japan. She had another display at Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan in 2022.  She painted a picture for the Metropolitan Opera of New York. The opera started an art gallery. Her painting was in the first exhibit. She painted Princess Yue-yang from "The New Emperor".
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is an American politician. She became a senator in the California Senate in 2022. Smallwood-Cuevas represents District 28. The district is for South Los Angeles and Culver City, CA. She started the Black Worker Center at University of California, Los Angeles. President Barak Obama liked the work Smallwood-Cuevas did for workers.  Family and Early Life. Smallwood-Cuevas was raised in a single parent household. She movedto California, with her mother, when she was young. Her mother wanted better jobs and schools. Her mother is a nurse. Smallwood-Cuevas graduated from California State University at Hayward. She is married. She has one daughter and one son.  Career. Smallwood-Cuevas was a journalist. She wrote for the "Chicago Tribune", the "Long Beach Press Telegram" and the Oakland Tribune. She reported on the lives of working families. She then worked as a researcher for United Service Workers West. Smallwood-Cuevas co-founded the LA Black Worker Center. She also works with the Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at Work at UCLA. California State Senate. Smallwood Cuevas became a California State Senator on December 5, 2022. She is part of the Democratic Party. She represents district 28 in Los Angeles California. She got 99,479 votes out of 140,996 total votes. She had 59.9% of the votes.
Lama Hattab (born December 31, 1980) is a Middle Eastern ultramarathon runner from Jordan. Hattab and her twin sister, Dima Hattab are known for being the first females from the Middle East to run an ultramarathon. She is also a leader in "Generation of Peace" in Amman, Jordan.  Early life. Hattab is a twin. She and her sister Dima have many hobbies that they do together. They grew up in Tabarbour, Jordan, near Amman.  Hattab graduated from the University of Amman. She studied Information Technology. Sports. Hattab and her sister love sports. They like to run and to cycle. They look for new sports to try. Running. Hattab and her sister run marathons and ultramarathons. She ran in the Marathon de Sables and the Dead Sea ultramarathon. Men were not nice to them at the marathons. Hattab won the Dead Sea Marathon the first time she ran it. Hattab encourages running in the Middle East, especially among young girls. She is also a leader in Generation of Peace an organization in Amman, Jordan. Hattab also ran in the Dead Sea in 1999 where she placed in 3rd. Hattab and her sister together ran in the national team of Jordan. They were around 17 or 18 years old. She ran distance races, including 800-meter and 1500 meter runs. In her first half marathon, she ran her and her sister did not sign up. They were among the first Jordanian women to run in marathons. Their coach was in the desert but couldn’t make the race she was planning on running with her friends. She changed the names and told the Hattab twins to run slow as part of their training. Mountaineering. Hattab also loves mountaineering. She and her sister wanted to be the first Arab women to be mountaineers in the Guinness Book of World Records. They hoped to climb the tallest mountain on each continent. In 2007, the twins went to Alaska, USA, to
Dima Hattab (born Dec. 31, 1980) is a Jordanian ultramarathon runner and mountain climber. She runs races that are longer than 26 miles. She has competed in the Marathon des Sables and the Desert Cup, and other races. Hattab, and her twin sister Lama, are the first female Jordanian long distance runners. They aim to be the first twin sisters and the first Arab women to climb Earth’s tallest mountains. Hattab holds a degree in Information Technology.