I run the NPO CodeMakers and our flagship project SuperScientists in which living scientists are drawn as superheroes to engage and inspire young people to see science and scientists differently. I completed a PhD in cell biology studying cell motility and developing novel assays to find small molecules that affect it. During that time became very interested in global health and how innovation and best practices spread or don’t. After my PhD I worked in HIV clinics in South Africa during the roll out of antiretrovirals and facilitated nurse-driven changes to patient care. I subsequently worked with South African and international public health organizations. I started CodeMakers as a way of bring hands-on education to South African children we worked with. We translated the coding education software Scratch into isiZulu and facilitated learners making creative coding projects. SuperScientists was started as an offshoot of video interviews we recorded of young scientists and as a way to providing young people with the images of scientists that they could relate to. To date we have profiled almost 60 scientists in 6 countries, created trading cards, calendars, posters, an activity book, a comic and soon a travelling science centre exhibit. We have distributed 20,000+ materials across the county. We hope that one day early career scientists will point to our materials as the reason they started on a science career and that it changed their idea of who a scientist could be.