Jordan Harrod: Brain researcher and AI-focused YouTuber

Scientist, writer, policy advocate, YouTuber – before Jordan Harrod established her many successful career identities, her first role was as a student athlete. While she enjoyed competing in everything from figure skating to fencing, she also sustained injuries that left her with chronic pain. These experiences as a patient laid the groundwork for an interest in biomedical research and engineering. "I knew I wanted to make tools that would help people with health issues similar to myself," she says. Harrod went on to pursue her BS in biomedical engineering at Cornell University.