I Certainly Never Expected To

My Parents Started With Very Little And Were The Only Ones In Their Families To Graduate From College. As Parents, They Focused On Education, But Did Not Stop At Academics - They Made Sure That We Knew Music, Saw Art And Theatre And Traveled - Even Though It Meant Budgeting Like Crazy.

I Am Usually Part Of Any Disaster At A Wedding If I'm A Bridesmaid, Which I've Been Lucky Enough To Be Several Times.

I Want My Girls To Love Math. I Want Them To Think That Being A Scientist Is The Coolest Possible Job On The Planet. I Want Them To Not Be Afraid To Lean Toward Their Femininity.

I Think That It’s Not As Crazily Different, My Job, From Anyone Else’s, As People Let Themselves Believe. I Think People Get Wrapped Up In Their Own Idea Of What It Is, But It’s Really Not That.

My Mom Grew Up In Poverty In Oklahoma - Like Dust Bowl, Nine People In One Room Kind Of Place - And The Way She Got Out Of Poverty Was Through Education. My Dad Grew Up Without A Dad, With Very Little And He Also Made His Way Out Through Education.