A remarkable African-American woman receives two scholarships in science and technology and is recognized as a US astronaut scholar.
Mikayla Harris is a remarkable African-American woman who has won two science and technology honors, including the Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence and the esteemed Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award.
Mikayla Harris is a senior at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. She attends the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.
Her goal when applying for the Astronaut Scholarship was to represent Black women in STEM fields. Among other scholarships, she was awarded $15,000.
“I wanted to apply to represent Black women in STEM and Morgan State. “Black people, people of color, and other minority groups are not adequately represented in biomedical research,” Harris stated in a press statement issued by Morgan State University.
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Harris, who received the prize, talked about how she was given additional opportunity to learn about research and develop independent research projects as a member of her university’s Student Research Center. She highlights her research work and gives the group credit for her recent Astronaut Scholarship success.
Harris was inducted into the national Astronaut Scholar Honor Society, won her Neil Armstrong grant of Excellence, and was one of 60 students from 44 universities to receive the $15,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation grant.
She will also take part in a professional development program, a full-year professional mentorship program, and a number of foundation events.
Harris intends to graduate from Morgan State University one year ahead of schedule in 2022 (this year). After that, she intends to get an MD or PhD and learn more about racial health disparities, particularly those related to female infertility.
Harris is Morgan State University’s second consecutive winner of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation prize, which is granted to the best junior and senior STEM students. The Mercury Astronauts created the honor in 1984.
