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Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire Quotes

born 1986

Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born January 26, 1986) is an American viral immunologist. She is an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H.

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I felt like it was necessary to be seen and to not be a hidden figure so to speak.

I would say that my role as a scientist is really about my passion and purpose for the world and for giving back to the world.

People at the N.I.H. would have overlooked Black women if I failed. Being the first in so many kinds of these spaces has so much pressure

We talk about purpose a lot, whether it be in the church or in academic institutions ... I had to step back and just say, ‘Who else?’

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.