2019 Great Immigrants

Chairman and CEO, Honeywell

Cancer Researcher and Professor, MIT | Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science

Author, Social Justice Advocate, and Cofounder, Ascend Educational Fund

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University | Guggenheim Fellow

U.S. Inaugural Poet and Memoirist

Lead Political Anchor and Host, "The Situation Room," CNN

Cohost, "Noticiero Univision" and "Aquí y Ahora," Univision

Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.

Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.

Cofounder and President, Houzz

Mayor, Helena, Montana

Fashion Designer and Founder, Zero + Maria Cornejo

Community Library Manager, Corona Branch, Queens Public Library

Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University | Nobel Prize in Economics

Geneticist, Plant Breeder, and Professor, Purdue University | World Food Prize Laureate

Archbishop of San Antonio

Cofounder, Aspect Ventures

Fashion Designer and Founder, Prabal Gurung

Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, Princeton University | MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow

Painter | Time 100 for 2019

Founder and Executive Editor, "Sahan Journal"

Transplant Surgeon and Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | MacArthur Fellow

Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside | Guggenheim Fellow and American Book Award Winner

Playwright and Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University | Guggenheim Fellow

Violinist, Educator, and Arts Advocate

U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 26

Architect and Former Dean, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York

Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and Former Mayor, Miami, Florida

Hall of Fame Baseball Player and Philanthropist

Former Camden Schools Chief, and Cofounder and CEO, Propel America

Professor of Mathematics, UCLA | MacArthur Fellow and Fields Medalist

Cofounder and CEO, Houzz

Neuroscientist and President, Stanford University

Creator of Linux and Git | Millennium Technology Prize Winner

Artist and Distinguished Professor/Head of Sculpture, Hunter College | Guggenheim Fellow and Rome Prize Winner

Physician and Public Health Leader

Chef and Restaurateur | Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts