Stacey Park Milbern dedicated her life to advocating for people with mobility impairments or physical disabilities. Now her legacy is being recognized with a U.S. quarter. The U.S. Mint is honoring Milbern this year as part of its American Women Quarters Program, making her the first Korean American to appear on U.S. currency. Milbern was born with muscular dystrophy—a genetic disorder that weakens muscles over time—and used a wheelchair for most of her life. By age 20, she had become a community leader for disability rights, and her advocacy helped pass a law in North Carolina in 2007 that requires high schools to teach disability history. She died in 2020 at age 33. The new quarter will help ensure that her work is remembered. “It is such a painful experience to be left behind or disregarded,” Milbern once said. “If I can use my skills . . . to keep someone a little more safe, it was all worth it.”