...After only a year at UT, my advisor accepted a job offer at the University of Sussex in England and asked me to follow him. My husband and I moved to England where we welcomed our son. I received my Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2012 and have moved back to the US. (read more)
...Chemistry was the first subject in which I remember many of my high-school classmates coming to me for help, even during class. I often would "translate" what the teacher was saying for many in my class who just weren't "getting" it. I found that I had a "knack" for explaining things in ways that other students could more easily understand. (read more)