A recent graduate of Kamehameha High School on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Nalani Miller is poised to start college at the University of Rochester with a dream of becoming a biologist and finding a cure for cancer.

Cedric Mannie grew up in a small rural community called Kinlichee on the Navajo Reservation.

The first Native American to complete a doctoral engineering degree at Cornell University, Dr. Grace Bulltail is as committed to building bridges between students and potential mentors as she is to promoting education.

Kaella-Marie Earle can’t remember a time she wasn’t interested in engineering.

In Oak Springs, Ariz., in the Carrizo Mountains, there’s a spectacular view in every direction. Onri Jay Benally, Navajo, calls Oak Springs home.