In the United Kingdom, fewer than 2% of engineers are women from ethnic minorities. However, a Black woman launching an innovative new comb for afro hair wants to use her story to inspire other young Black women into engineering.

Youmna Mouhamad, from Swansea, got the idea to develop her comb named Nyfasi Deluxe Detangler when she was doing her Ph.D. in Physics. The comb provides an easier way of conditioning natural afro hair.

The entrepreneur worked as a nanny to support her studies. The little girl she was taking care of used to cry out of pain when her hair was being combed. “The whole house would be full of tears,” she said. “I wanted her to have a better experience.”