Carol Greider is mainly a biology researcher, where she has studied many topics within her field but is most known for her discovery of the enzyme telomerase (which rebuilds and protects the ends of chromosomes). Her mother died when she was 6 years old, teaching her to be independent, and she struggled with dyslexia, often belittling her own intelligence since she couldn't read like her classmates and had poor grades. She thus taught herself how to memorize words (instead of read the letters), and her great memorizing skill helped her greatly when she reached future biology classes, eventually leading her to pursue a degree in biology. She eventually went on to research chloroplast, circadian rhythms, and microtubule dynamics, but her groundbreaking discovery on the role of shortened telomeres and their association to disease and cancer earned her a Nobel Prize. Today, she continues researching telomere shortening and encourages young woman to pursue careers in the scientific field, because she is concerned with the “under-representation of the 50% of the brain power of this world" (Greider).
Link: https://www.nobelprize.org/womenwhochangedscience/stories/carol-greider
-Angelica