Sophie Bullock

Honoring a Pioneer: The Dr. Gladys West Foundation and Its Mission to Inspire Future Innovators

We live in a world where GPS is everywhere, from our phones telling us where to turn to ambulances finding the fastest route. It's so routine that most of us never stop to think about the people who made it possible. But one of the key figures behind it was Dr. Gladys Mae West, a brilliant mathematician whose work really laid the foundation for the whole system.