Maria Sibylla Merian was a seventeenth century naturalist and illustrator.  She is known for her beautiful paintings and drawings of different plants and insects.  She conducted research and kept record of it beginning at the early age of thirteen.  This presentation gives an overview of her life and her accomplishments, and it also shows her amazing work.  I also included some research about the hemispheres of the brain and what the concept of “right brain” and “left brain” actually means.  This presentation informs the audience of the accomplishments Maria achieved over her lifetime as well as some insight of her family members.  It concludes with mention of Maria still being well-known and widely respected today, over three centuries later.  Not only was her work extraordinary for her time, but to be a female with such accomplishments and recognition during that time was incredible.