Read all about how a young Black girl who loved numbers grew into a brilliant mathematician who helped land the first person on the moon in this inspiring addition to the Who Was? series. From a very young age,Katherine Johnson counted everythingΓÇöthe number of dirty dishes she’d washedthe steps she walked to churchand even the number of leaves on the trees. By 1928she was so intelligent and skilled at math that she was able to skip several grades and start high school at age ten! And while Katherine had to deal with racismsegregationand prejudice throughout her lifeshe did not let this hold her back from becoming a mathematician. In 1953she started working as a \