Vanessa Pitts
Vanessa Pitts is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington, Seattle pursuing a bachelor of science in microbiology. After graduation she hopes to be accepted into medical school and become a physician of internal medicine. She is interested in preventing and treating chronic diseases in inner city populations.
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Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890-1980)
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Barbara Hillary (1931-2019)
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Norris McDonald (1958- )
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Willard Motley (1909-1965)
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Charles Rolland, III (1951-2012)
Charles Rolland was the first African American chair of a major political party in Washington State. Roland served as chair...
Zelda “Jackie” Ormes (1911-1985)
Jackie Ormes is widely considered the first African American cartoonist in the United States. She created four comic strips, Torchy...
Shonda Rhimes (1970- )
Shonda Rhimes is the first African American woman to write and produce a top-10-rated show on network television. She is...
