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Research scientist, mentor, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) champion Joycelyn Harrison is an award-winning chemical engineer and prolific inventor.

Hampton

A native of El Salvador,Jose Francisco Garciais currently a graduate student at Virginia Tech's Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

Eastern Shore

A clinical psychologist and professor at James Madison University, Joann Hess Grayson is an advocate for abused and neglected children.

Harrisonburg

Jean Miller Skipwith, Lady Skipwith, assembled one of the largest libraries owned by a Virginia woman early in the nineteenth century.

Mecklenburg County

A physician, Isaac David Burrell operated the only pharmacy for African Americans in Roanoke for many years.

Roanoke

Henrietta Lacks's cells, known in the medical world as HeLa cells, were the first human cells to be grown successfully outside the body for more than a short time.

Clover

Gregory L. Robinson oversaw the completion and launch of NASA’s transformational James Webb Space Telescope.

Manassas

Nicknamed "Grandma COBOL," Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a pioneer in computer science and the first woman to achieve the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy.

Arlington County

A pioneer in mathematics, Gladys B. West was an instrumental hidden figure in the development of the modern Global Positioning System.

King George County

A pioneer in the field of reproductive endocrinology, Georgeanna Seegar Jones helped lead pathbreaking research into fertility treatments for women.

Norfolk