Naomi Chesler is a Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Irvine and Director of the UCI-Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC). Her contributions to research are in two main areas: cardiovascular biomechanics and mechanobiology and engineering education. In her cardiovascular research, she focusses on improving our understanding of pulmonary vascular disease and subsequent right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, including the interactions between pulmonary arterial stiffening and right ventricular function, mechanisms of arterial stiffening, and predictive modeling of disease processes. She has received multiple awards for mentoring and her work to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the founder and principal of Building STEM Equity, LLC (buildingSTEMequity.com), which exists to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines through education and training.