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Caroline Miles, Alice Wong

In 2015, under the administration of President Barack Obama, Alice Wong became the first individual to visit the White House by way of robotic…

Robert M. Burnett, Thelma Buchholdt, First Female Filipino American to U.S. Legislature, Alaska Department of Education, Year 1977

From Wikipedia: Thelma Garcia Buchholdt (August 1, 1934 November 5, 2007) was a Filipino American community activist, politician, historian, public…

Tags: Alaska, Boys and Girls Club, Culture, Filipino-American, Historical Society, Women

US Department of State, Luis E. Arreaga, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, US Department of State, Oct-17

From Wikipedia: Luis Edmundo Arreaga-Rodas (born 1952) is a Guatemalan American diplomat and government official who serves as the United States…

Tags: Ambassador, Diplomat, Guatemala, Iceland, Law Enforcement, State Depatment

US Senate Photographic Studio: Renee Bouchard, Tammy Duckworth, First Thai-American Elected to Congress, US Senate, Jun-17

From Wikipedia: Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has served as the…

Tags: Army, Disabled, Illinois, Thai-American, US Senate, Veteran

UC Berkeley, Ian Francis Hancock, Advocate and Scholar for Romani, UC Berkeley, 2011

From Wikipedia: Ian Francis Hancock is a linguist, Romani scholar and political advocate. He was born and raised in England and is one of the main…

Tags: Advocate, Education, Human Rights, Romani, Romani People, Scholar

NBC News, Haben Girma, Disability Rights Advocate, NBC News, Aug-19

From Wikipedia: Haben Girma is an American disability rights advocate, and the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. Girma was born in…

Tags: Advocate, Disability Rights, Disabled, Eritrean-American, Law

SALT, Masuda Sultan, Advocate and Entrepreneur, SALT, Unknown

From Wikipedia: Masuda Sultan is an Afghan American entrepreneur and international human rights advocate. She is the author of My War at Home, a…

Tags: Advocacy, Afghan-American, Afghan-American. Afghanistan. Women. War. Civilians. Women’s Rights., Civilians, Entrepreneur, War, Women, Women's Rights

Dreams Soar, Shaesta Waiz, First Female Certified Civilian Pilot from Afghanistan, Dreams Soar, 2017

From Wikipedia: Shaesta Waiz, an Afghan-American pilot, is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly…

Tags: Afghan-American, Afghanistan, Ambassador, Aviation, Nonprofit, Women

Mennonite Church USA Archives, Nellie Miller-Mann, Humanitarian, House Amadyan, Unknown

From Wikipedia: Nellie Miller Mann was a prominent member of the Mennonite Church and a renowned figure in the Near East Relief, an organization to…

Tags: Amish., Armenian., Mennonite., Refugees., Relief., Syria., Women.

Celebrity Net Worth, Sanela Diana Jenkins, Bosnian Entrepreneur & Philanthropist, Celebrity Net Worth, None

From Wikipedia: Sanela Diana Jenkins is a Bosnian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She currently resides in California. Jenkins fled her home country…

Tags: Bosnian-American., Entrepreneur, Haiti, Human Rights, Medical Care, Philanthropy