Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color and first Asian American woman elected to Congress, is set to be honored with a portrait at the U.S. Capitol later this month. Mink was Japanese American and born on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

“We have pushed for this so that everybody who walks down the halls of the Capitol can see that an Asian American woman was a prominent leader who influenced this country to be better,” Rep. Judy Chu, chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, told USA TODAY.

Mink is most widely known for her signature work on Title IX which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government. During Mink’s time in Congress, she also worked on several Asian Pacific American national issues, including her work to preserve family reunification provisions in several proposed immigration reform bills and her work with Representative Matsunaga to educate Americans about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

In 2014, Mink was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Barack Obama. “Every girl in Little League, every woman playing college sports and every parent, including Michelle and myself, who watches their daughter on a field or in the classroom, is forever grateful to the late Patsy Takemoto Mink,’’ said Obama, who said Mink was his congresswoman for years.

Mink’s portrait at the U.S. Capitol is set to be unveiled later this month on June 23rd.