This book is about an award-winning woman scientist, Dr. Nancy Ho, who devoted herself for nearly a quarter of a century to successfully developing the breakthrough technologies for the production of renewable transportation fuel from cellulosic biomass (such as wood, grasses, straws, etc.). She shares her lifes story detailing the hard work that lead to her accomplishments. From an unremarkable childhood to being awarded the prestigious United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation, she hopes to inspire the young people of the world to work hard on whatever they wish to achieve in life and to contribute to society.