Ayanna Howard always wanted to build the bionic woman.
Growing up in California, she was as obsessed with Battlestar Galactica as she was with Wonder Woman. Her plan was to become a doctor, but there was just one problem — she hated biology.
With the help of summer programs and college extension courses in high school, Howard began to find her path to a career in robotics.
Today, the professor of bioengineering at Georgia Tech is not building the bionic woman, but through her company, Zyrobotics, she is using her research to help develop products that support the learning and development of children with different needs.