аЯрЁБс>ўџ BDўџџџCџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС` №П@'bjbjЫsЫs .2ЉЉŒГџџџџџџЄооооюz.4bv~ ~ ~ ~ š vН В В В В В    <>>>>>>$нhEŽbоT Š  о \:0bооВ В лw:::jdоВ оВ <:T <::оо:В І №*]#%]Ч~ Ю4:<0Н:г(г::>гhЦxФ v T:W D› Й   bb*   НT T T T vvvфZ $vvvZ vvvооооооџџџџ My mother has been a major influence on my academic drive in general and my science and engineering involvement in particular. Despite having to support the two of us on her own, she always managed to find a way to get me intellectually stimulating toys for my birthday and Christmas, and I especially loved the hand-me-down set of Legos from my cousin. I also spent a lot of time in the public library near our house, reading books on anything I could find. The library was a place I could go and not be home alone until my mother came home from work. I can’t remember the day my mother introduced the library to me as a place where I could learn and most people there valued learning – it was the first place that encouraged me on my quest to understand things better. I loved the books that were filled with science experiments, cool facts about math, and pop-ups about geology. I also liked historical fiction and mystery novels. I loved reading Encyclopedia Brown because I had the chance to solve the problem, but sometimes I ‘cheated’ and looked in the back for the answer before trying it myself. In elementary school, I learned a lot about self-sufficiency. I did all my homework for my classes on the long bus rides to school and back, sit outside the library and eat a snack I’d made for myself the night before, and then talk to the librarians or read in a reading corner. I didn’t make it through the entire collection, although that was always my goal. My mom pushed me to read more books about science, and to go to any of the science-related demonstrations they had at the library. She taught me that science and the discovery process was exciting and fun, in addition to being significant. She also steered me towards books that supported her female empowerment ideals – biographies of women scientists, fairy tales with sheros. It made us feel good about our 2-person family to talk about other women working hard through hard times. We never talked much about my father being sent to jail just after I was born, other then the times we went to visit him. [He was in grad school for engineering when he got drunk and crashed into another car, killing two high schoolers. ] When teachers asked about my parents, I would just say that my dad wasn’t around; I made sure none of my classmates ever found out where he really was. I already didn’t fit in. I got in to the middle school I wanted – it was a special school for vanguard kids. The first year was incredibly hard, but by spending all my extracurricular hours in study hall and staying up pretty late every night, I did ok. Like everyone else in the school, I did a science fair project in 7th grade. I chose a project myself, suggested by a book from the library. I studied the phenomena that a seed will always grow up, no matter which direction it is planted in. Although it was not an amazing project, the competition in the botany category wasn’t too hard, and I made it to the Houston Regional Fair. Science fair in Houston is a big deal – students spend up to a full day talking to judges, who are actually professionals in the field, and some of the prizes are quite significant. I didn’t win anything, but during the awards ceremony I learned that there were hardly any prizes for the Botany category. There were a number of prizes for women in science, and engineering had the most category prizes. I thought that I might have a chance of winning if I had a good strategy. My other important 7th grade experience was taking art. I had always felt that the one week I did Girl Scout camp each summer was precious because it gave me the opportunity to do crafts. I loved being able to express myself and the freedom that wasn’t really there in the art classroom in elementary school. Art in middle school was more like camp. Mrs. Day understood the balance between learning theory and doing, and I loved her excitement and belief in us. I saved up some money and bought a small set of acrylic paints. Painting was my release; it was beautiful. In 8th grade, I attempted to make it back to the Regional Science Fair. I found a pretty cool experiment idea from a book in the library, but my board wasn’t well explained, and I got 3rd in the school. I was a little bummed out that I didn’t get to move on, but I loved having the extra time to spend on History Fair (a friend of mine and I studied the lunar landings) and on my advanced art class. We made it to District with our History Fair project, and I felt pretty good about it. In the art class, two of my close friends and I made a huge mask for a competition for the International Festival. It didn’t get completed in time, but I loved it. I wanted to take it home, but we didn’t have the space. Most of my friends from middle school went to Bellaire High School, but I wasn’t zoned there and couldn’t do well enough on the language tests to get there as a magnet. Almost every other school in the district was a joke compared to Bellaire, especially considering the middle school I had gone to. Since private schools were not an option and many of the specialty public schools were quite far away, I just went to the high school I was zoned to: Westbury. Even taking AP level classes there, I spent most of my frosh year helping my classmates with their homework after finishing all of mine. It was amazing how few of them knew how to focus and study. I didn’t mind; I started getting paid by my classmates to tutor them. Some offered to pay me to do their homework, but I drew the line at cheating. I got a reputation for being the beloved-ly teasable smart one, which was ok. I didn’t really like the attention, but I liked being liked. I enjoyed biology, and math was more fun when it was easy. History was pretty boring, since I knew most of it already, and in general I didn’t feel challenged. Over the summer, I kept tutoring - there were some middle schoolers in the area that were doing summer school. I also started working at a sandwich shop to get some extra spending money. I even invented a new sandwich! Classes started again, and I really started drawing in class. I started by sketching masks when I doodled, but that progressed into drawing comics. I enjoyed making something that would make other people laugh. I kept my grades up in classes, did well on standardized tests, and ended up being good friends with one of the biology professors. I got encouragement and a recommendation letter from her, and was accepted to Texas A&M Galveston for marine biology. Not true: my basic premise is that I grew up with a single working mother. In reality, I was the one who passed cool toys down. Lots of kids in Houston do this; I never had to. I think I would have had to develop this trait a lot sooner than I did in practice. I had my dad and younger sister around, but my mom really did give us books on sheros. I didn’t have the self-discipline to do this. Besides, my mother picked me up from school and then helped me with my homework. Sometimes I still use her for paper-editing help. Crafts were ubiquitous in my house; I didn’t really appreciate Girl Scout camp until I got to sail. Actually, since I had done a real-world project with my dad, the topic was so cool that my science teacher had both 3rd place projects (we tied) move on. My mom helped me re-do my board and practice my speech, and I ended up moving on to Regional. Another overhaul, clothes/driving/hotel expenses, and some time later, I was in Austin winning 1st in the state. Neither of my friends could take it home; it is in my parents’ exercise room now. I am zoned there because my mother did research on houses to find ones that were zoned to the proper schools. The house was a good bargain for the neighborhood, but I couldn’t live in the neighborhood I do without my dad’s engineering salary. Despite being zoned, I know this for a fact – I took the test anyway, and my scores wouldn’t have been high enough to get me in. 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