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Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire
6 quotes
“We talk about purpose a lot, whether it be in the church or in academic institutions ... I had to step back and just say, ‘Who else?’”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People at the N.I.H. would have overlooked Black women if I failed. Being the first in so many kinds of these spaces has so much pressure”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt like there was no room for mistakes, which was difficult because science – mistakes are actually part of the beauty of it. Not necessarily tons of mistakes, but you learn a lot from things that don’t necessarily always go right with experiments. But in this case, we only had the bandwidth to learn from things that were going to go right. Otherwise, you lost time and people died.”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would say that my role as a scientist is really about my passion and purpose for the world and for giving back to the world.”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you can unwind and be true to who you are, it helps to reckon with things. My team is responding to the world’s most devastating global pandemic in the last hundred years. And so, there’s something to be said about knowing who you are.”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt like it was necessary to be seen and to not be a hidden figure so to speak.”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source