Idelisa Bonnelly, MS
Idelisa Bonnelly (September 10, 1931 – July 3, 2025) was born Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. She went on to be known as the Mother of Marine Biology in the Caribbean. Bonnelly turned her love of the ocean into a career in Marine Biology, which she started in the US since the Dominican Republic […]
Dr. Mireya Correa
Dr. Mireya Correa (February 6, 1940 – November 22, 2022) was born in 1940 Panama. She obtained a Licenciada or BS (1963) in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Panama and her MS (1967) in Botany from Duke University. She was given an Honorary Doctorate (2012) from the University of Panama. After her MS, […]
Antonia Coello Novello, MPH, MD
Dr. Antonia Coello Novello was born on August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. She became the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as the US Surgeon General. After spending the first 18 years of her life continuously hospitalized due to congenital megacolon, before she was allowed to obtain corrective surgery, she dedicated her […]