Honoree Jorge Cavero Jorge Cavero Doctor and Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine None While some people put money in the stock market, Jorge Cavero said he prefers to invest in scholarships for L...
Honoree Daniel Finn Daniel Finn Pastor and Chaplain and Cofounder, Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston None Daniel Finn was in his late teens when he moved to the United States with his parents and brothers and sisters...
Honoree Malinda Lo Malinda Lo Novelist and National Book Award Winner None Malinda Lo has a few things in common with Lily, the 17-year-old Chinese American protagonist in her New York Times best-selling novel L...
Honoree Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Tennis Champion, Olympian, and Grand Slam Winner None Most professional tennis players never reach the world’s No. 1 spot during their careers. Steffi Graf not only accomplished th...
Honoree Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian Professor, Scripps Research Institute, and Nobel Laureate None Growing up in Lebanon, Ardem Patapoutian did not know any scientists and never thought about pursuing science a...
Honoree Karen Zacarías Karen Zacarías Award-Winning Playwright and Founder, Young Playwrights’ Theater None When she moved with her family from Mexico City to Boston as a 10-year-old, Karen Zacarías often felt lonel...
Honoree Maria Elena Bottazzi Maria Elena Bottazzi Professor and Associate Dean, Baylor College of Medicine None While growing up in Honduras’s capital city, Tegucigalpa, Maria Elena Bottazzi traveled for 13 hours on weeke...
Honoree Ibrahim Cissé Ibrahim Cissé Professor of Physics, MIT, and MacArthur Fellow None As a child in Niger, Ibrahim Cissé would go into a storage room in his family’s home with electronics he had found around the...
Honoree Fabienne Doucet Fabienne Doucet Educational Equity Advocate and Professor, New York University None As a Black woman and as an immigrant, Fabienne Doucet embodies some of the mixed identities that she studies...
Honoree Ana Lucia Araujo Ana Lucia Araujo Professor of History, Howard University None Raised under a civil-military dictatorship in Brazil, Araujo grew up observing the history and legacies of slavery all around her....
Honoree Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine None Born in Cyprus, Kyriacos A. Athanasiou had a complicated relationship with education. As he re...
Honoree Wesaam Al-Badry Wesaam Al-Badry Photographer, Investigative Journalist, and Interdisciplinary Artist None As a child growing up in Iraq at the start of the Gulf War, Wesaam Al-Badry was kept awake at night, a...
Honoree Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez Chairman and CEO, MBF Healthcare Partners None Born in Cuba, Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez came to United States as a “penniless 12-year-old immigrant” after his family...
Honoree Ponsi Trivisvavet Ponsi Trivisvavet CEO and Director, Inari None For Ponsi Trivisvavet, “climate change is the challenge of our times, an issue that will increasingly affect everybody on this planet but disprop...
Honoree Inge G. Thulin Inge G. Thulin Former Chairman, President, and CEO, 3M Company None Starting out his career, Inge G. Thulin was drawn to 3M because, as he recalled in an interview, he “had this perception tha...
Honoree Timnit Gebru Timnit Gebru Founder and Executive Director, Distributed AI Research Institute None Born and raised in Ethiopia, Timnit Gebru fled an outbreak of political violence in her homeland and sought ...
Honoree D. Sunshine Hillygus D. Sunshine Hillygus Professor of Political Science Duke University D. Sunshine Hillygus is professor of political science and public policy at Duke University, where she directs the Duke Init...
Honoree Brett L. M. Levy Brett L. M. Levy Associate Professor of Educational Theory and Practice University at Albany, State University of New York Brett Levy is an associate professor in the Department of Educational...
Honoree Elizabeth McKenna Elizabeth McKenna Assistant Professor of Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School Liz McKenna is an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research and teaching fo...
Honoree Ananya Sen Ananya Sen Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Management Carnegie Mellon University Ananya Sen is assistant professor of information technology and management at Carnegie Mellon...
Honoree Mara Suttmann-Lea Mara Suttmann-Lea Associate Professor of American Politics Connecticut College Mara Suttmann-Lea is associate professor of American politics at Connecticut College specializing in elections. T...
Honoree Dara M. Wald Dara M. Wald Associate Professor of Environmental Communication Texas A&M University Dara M. Wald is associate professor of environmental communication at Texas A&M University, where she c...
Honoree David E. Campbell David E. Campbell Democracy Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy University of Notre Dame David Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notr...
Honoree Melissa Dell Melissa Dell International Peace and Security Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy Harvard University Melissa Dell is an assistant professor in the economics department at Harvar...
Honoree Daniel Immerwahr Daniel Immerwahr Democracy Associate Professor, Department of History Northwestern University Daniel Immerwahr is an associate professor of history at Northwestern University, where he teaches...