Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first Black woman to graduate from MIT with a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering.⠀
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Snowden took to her Instagram to share some of her thoughts on her achievement: “No one can tell me God isn’t. Grateful is the best word I have to describe how I feel. Grateful for every part of this experience – highs, and lows. Every person who supported me and those who didn’t. Grateful for a praying family, a husband who took on this challenge as his own, sisters who reminded me at every stage how powerful I am, friends who inspired me to fight harder. Grateful for the professors who fought for and against me. Every experience on this journey was necessary, and I’m better for it.”