Sheila Lopez has two passions in life: increasing the number of Native professionals in STEM fields and raising awareness of — and acceptance for — Native two-spirit (LGBTQ) individuals. Lopez earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Northern Arizona University, where she first became an AISES member. She has worked in her field for nearly two decades, including at Intel for the past 10 years following a stint at HewlettPackard, which she initially joined through an internship she learned about at a National Conference.