To wrap up this year's podcast, I brought it back to our main theme of this year, women of color in STEM, and a little closer to home. I talked to Dr. Heather Pinkett a professor and researcher in Northwestern's Department of Molecular Biosciences. In the first half of the episode, we discuss her background that shaped her research of proteins in her lab at Northwestern today. In the second half, we discuss what STEM research fields look like today for women and other underrepresented groups and how the field can continue to improve.