A little about me . . . I grew up in San Francisco and currently live in South San Francisco, the birthplace of biotechnology. I graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with a graduate degree in Leadership and undergraduate in Management. My thesis focused on stay-at-home moms—inspired by Marilyn Waring’s work who “demystifies the language of economics by defining it as a value system in which all goods and activities are related only to their monetary value. As a result, unpaid work (usually performed by women) is unrecognized while activities that may be environmentally and socially detrimental are deemed productive”. I applied a methodology called cooperative inquiry.
I worked for many years in the finance world and then took a long sabbatical (read: raised my babies). The kids turned out alright and now my husband and I are empty nesters. I often dream of all the corners of the world that I will visit when my husband retires.
In the meantime, it’s a brave new world and AI is here. My husband is the president of an environmental and power company that builds datacenters, and it’s been quite busy. My reason for pursuing the emerging technology pathway is because I love technology. I currently work at the South San Francisco Public Library as a Library Assistant II, focusing on STEM-related programming. We have a Makerspace and my goal is to empower girls to code and pursue STEM careers. My hobbies include tinkering on my 3D printer and Cricut, gardening, motorcycle riding, hiking, and gaming.
Here is a photo of us at my son’s wedding in Stowe, Vermont in the fall of 2022. Left-right: My daughter is the Director of Omnichannel Marketing/HCP & Patient Engagement at Gilead Life Sciences (she is also an elite bodybuilder), my husband, my D-I-L serves as a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Forces Committee and works at the Pentagon, my son is an account manager in GovTech at AWS in D.C., and that’s me. Not pictured is my stepdaughter who graduated two weeks ago at WestPoint Academy.
Family photo at my son’s wedding in Stowe, Vermont.