My Parents Were Very Firm

I've Tried Really Hard To Care About Things That Were Very Different From My Parents. I Was Curious If I Could Care About [money] On Some Fundamental Level, And I Couldn't. That Wasn't The Metric Of Success I Wanted In My Life. I've Talked About This To My Friends Who Are Doctors And Whose Parents Are Doctors, Or Who Are Lawyers And Their Parents Are Lawyers. It's A Funny Thing To Realize I Feel Called To This Work Both As A Daughter And Also As Someone Who Believes I Have Contributions To Make.

I Think That We Need Women Role Models Everywhere. I Think That It's Really Hard To Imagine Yourself As Something That You Don't See.

When I First Held My Daughter, Right After She Was Born, I Felt Like It Was The Moment I'd Been Waiting My Whole Life For, And It Just Felt Even More Miraculous Than I Ever Could Have Imagined.

I Had Seen People Who Had Lost Everything And Everyone They Loved To War, Famine, And Natural Disasters.

I Have A Boyfriend And A Dog, And I Still Haven't Figured Out What I Want To Be When I Grow Up.