Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Victoria M. Stevens practiced in Globe, Arizona, in the same town where she was born. As a woman physician and a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, she served as a role model for young women interested in following in her footsteps.
Dr. Sharon Malotte was the first indigenous Nevadan to become a doctor in 1989.
Pursuing her goal of reducing the number of diabetes-related amputations for Native American populations, Dr. Sara Dye directed the first non-invasive vascular laboratory for the Indian Health Service in 1984.
Dr. Nez Henderson was the first Native American woman to graduate from Yale University School of Medicine in 2000.
Patricia StandTal Clarke, M.D., who is part Eastern Band Cherokee (Wolf Clan), is a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, an ordained Protestant minister, and a physician specializing in an integrative medical approach to treating patients.
Lula Mae O’Bannon (Choctaw) used the opportunities in joining the US Coast Guard SPARS during World War II to expand her horizons and serve the United States’s war effort.
Lula Belle Everidge served in World War II as one of the few Native American SPARS.
Martínez, a poet, translator, and playwright, is the author of three books of poetry.
Yvette Roubideaux, M.D., a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, served as director of the Indian Health Service and a senior adviser to the Health and Human Services Secretary for American Indians and Alaska Natives during the Obama Administration.
María Roselia Jiménez Pérez has produced several children’s books in Tojolab’al and has composed several pieces of vocal music in her language as well.