In her work with Olympians, Monique Burton paves the way for diversity in sports and STEM.
Burton notes that track and field is a sport that encompasses a wide variety of events, from jumping to vaulting to running, so it brings together a diverse group of people. She wants the medical staff to reflect that, as well.
“I wanted to go to the Olympics as an athlete and it wasn't something that I was able to do,” she said. “But now I have the opportunity to go in this career that I have chosen.”Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic Burton, the mother of Maiya, 7, and Mila, 5, attributes her success as a medical professional to the support she received from her father, who is black and a retired elementary school teacher, and her mother, who is white and a retired high school math teacher. “They went through a lot because of their marriage, and looking back now as an adult, I know it couldn’t have been easy,” said Burton, who grew up in Seattle along with her sister, Kimberly.
“She taught math as a subject in a way that anybody could access it,” Burton said. “Even two weekends ago, I ran into one of her former students who told me he ultimately became an engineer because of her.”
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