This panel, in celebration of Women’s History Month, explores the who, why, what, and how of women in data and research. In this discussion, we discuss our origins and identities as women in research; why the representations of women in data careers matter; what our research entails and how our perspectives have evolved on our journeys with data; and how the education industry works for, against, or indifferently towards the progress of professional women. We close with a discussion of the ways that the industry may work to better support young women entering the field of education data.