Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the shuttle Endeavour in 1992 as the first woman of color to go into space. Now the Founder and President of two technology companies, the space flight was just one in a series of accomplishments. Most recently, Jemison developed a new business, BioSentient Corporation, a medical technology company that creates and markets mobile equipment worn to monitor the body’s vital signs and train people to respond favorably in stressful situations. Prior to joining NASA in 1987, Jemison worked in both engineering and medicine, as a General Practitioner in Los Angeles and as an Area Peace Corps medical officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.