Coconut Grove is home for Thelma Gibson. Though it's vastly different today to when she was growing up. Born and raised in the Grove during segregation, Gibson had to overcome hurdles stemming from racism in her childhood and young adult life.

"It's so different when I think in terms of what I came up with and how I came up," Gibson said. "Having to go outside to the toilet and having to pump water and having no electricity and having to wash my feet in the basin. You can't believe that this was possible, that you can live through this, and still survive, and be able to come up and be successful in life."

Gibson, 98, went on to have a trailblazing career in healthcare and has given back in countless ways to the community that raised her. She founded the Thelma Gibson Health Initiative, d

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