The amazing thing about art is that there are truly no limits. If you can see an image in your mind clearly enough, the image can be transferred to paper using just seven colors. The opposite is true as well. If you can see an image on paper, it becomes easier to picture it in real life. After all, life imitates art. There is nothing quite like the inspiration that comes from looking at an illustration that you see yourself in and wanting it to come to life, to take up as much space in the 3-D world as it does in the 2-D one. This cover art depicts an African American woman who is also an intelligent and feminine chemist. It is important to me because these are titles African American women do not often get the luxury of being called. Creation is important to me because I believe that God is the original creator, and so everything I am able to create comes from Him. Hebrews 3:4 says, “For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.” In other words, I believe humans are able to create and discover only because God created everything first. Jayde Frederick. (Image courtesy of Jayde Frederick.) Increasing the visibility of Black women and minorities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is a lifelong passion of mine. As a child, when I was not studying, I was reading or creating anything and everything. I would make bracelets, bookmarks, paper fashions, and drawings. As I grew, I discovered my love for the sciences as well as art. The endless combinations of versatile chemicals and elements and the beauty and intricacy of the human body fascinated me. I found connections between the medical side of my goals and the artistic side. As a child, I had more than enough time to explore the creative side of myself, often from a hospital bed, as someone diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. Not being able to play intense sports, heavily exert myself, or spend hours outside to avoid getting pain crises, I found other ways to entertain myself with quieter activities. Through books, I could see the imaginary worlds of others, and through my art, I could create my own. There came a time in my life when I seemed to be going to endless doctor’s visits for problems that were heartbreaking and out of my control. Through that experience, I saw firsthand the impact that science has on people’s lives through the healing I was blessed to receive. Additionally, during that time, I remember wishing that just one of the health professionals I saw could be a black woman. Although the professionals I saw were amazing and talented, it saddened me that the profession I had always been interested in had so little representation of people who looked like me in it. After a conversation with my parents about a fairly new concept called STEAM, which stands for STEM + Art, I decided to start my organization xxSTEAM, with the two x’s representing the female chromosomes. I wanted to use my art to inspire and empower young women and girls of color to pursue their dreams in STEAM no matter what the world was telling them. I have been blessed to be able to explore both my artistic passions and my scientific ones. Family members in healthcare have shown me what a privilege it is to serve and heal others, and my teachers have always pushed me to explore my passions: my high school art teacher, Ms. DeAmbrose, and my college science professors such as Dr. Kenneth Lai Hing, Dr. Steven Lai Hing, Dr. Vanterpool, and Dr. Durant, just to name a few. I am privileged to be a minority who has had a great support system around me, but not every young woman of color can say the same. So through xxSTEAM and my art, I aim to introduce others to STEAM fields while also providing representation to inspire women and minorities to pursue these careers. For each piece, character, and story I create, I ask God to lead me and use the talents He gifted me with for His glory. I desire for others to see my work and feel empowered to be the chemist, physician, biologist, engineer, or technologist they were meant to become. This article has not yet been cited by other publications. Jayde Frederick. (Image courtesy of Jayde Frederick.)