Maria Freire

As a young girl growing up in Lima, Peru, Maria Freire saw the divide between those with means and those living in poverty. Although Freire was one of the more fortunate ones, she always knew she wanted to give back in some way. As president and executive director of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, she now oversees an organization with a budget of more than $84 million that aids life-saving biomed ical research through creating alliances between the NIH and numerous public and…
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