Kathleen M. Wong

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based writer and editor who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, the Cut, Insider and more. When she's not writing, she can be found in the ocean or with her rescue dog. Read her work at kathleen-wong.com.

Stories from this author

Alice Ball was just 23 years old when she developed a method of making chaulmoogra oil—an early treatment for leprosy—more easily injectable.

The Trailblazing Black Woman Chemist Who Discovered a Treatment for Leprosy

After Alice Ball’s death in 1916 at age 24, a white man took credit for her research