Dr. Catharine Young is a global leader in cancer research, science policy, and international health innovation. Originally from South Africa, she immigrated to the United States at 18 before earning a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and completing postdoctoral research in Biomedical Engineering. Her career has spanned the U.S. Department of Defense during the Ebola response, advising the UK Ambassador on science at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., and helping lead the White House Cancer Moonshot. Today, she is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University, where she is developing the first dedicated financing architecture for cancer care in low- and middle-income countries. Through alpha, Dr. Young brings together extraordinary women across science, technology, engineering, medicine, policy, and innovation to share the journeys, insights, and hope that can inspire the next generation of leaders.