Cora LeEthel Christian

Cora LeEthel Christian was the first native woman of the U.S. Virgin Islands to earn a medical degree, and is a medical administrator in the U.S Virgin Islands.

Early life and medical training Christian was born on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and graduated first in her high school class.

Christian earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1971, where she was the first African-American female graduate. After her degree, she completed a residency in Family Practice at Howard University Medical Center and her Master’s in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. which office she held for the following 15 years.

Christian became the Medical Director of the petroleum refinery Hovensa in 1991 and was its Chief Medical Consultant until the company's closure in 2012. and was recognized by U.S. Virgin Islands' Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives Donna Christian-Christensen on the floor of the 113th U.S. Congress.