Ritu Raman is a biohybrid designer: she incorporates biological materials into engineered machines. She is a postdoctoral fellow in the renowned Langer Lab, funded by a L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship from the National Academies. She holds many awards and honors, including being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list and the MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 list. Ritu grew up in India, Kenya, and the United States and learned to appreciate and thrive in diverse dynamic environments. She is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and has championed many initiatives to empower women in science, including being named a AAAS IF/THEN ambassador and founding WISDM.