Katherine Johnson was a Mathematician who played an integral role in getting America to the moon. Born in August 26th 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She lived to be 101 years of age and passed on February 24th, 2020, Newport News, Virginia. She spent her whole life being a trailblazer and role model. Even in her youth Coleman had been very talented with numbers. So much so that she started high school when she was only 10 years old. When she turned 18, she graduated from West Virgnia State College earning a degree in mathematics and French as one of three African American students. Despite not having any inventions of her own she still played a massive role in the entire science community. Katherine Johnson and all the human calculators were the inspirations for many of the computing engines used today. So much so that back then when people would reference calculators, they would be the first thing that came to mind.