Genetics and Health in the Globe and Mail
Genetics and Health has been mentioned in the Globe and Mail!
You’ve come a long way, mommy
And then, there are the mothers who used technology to launch an entirely new career. Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, author of the blog www.GeneticsandHealth.com, cites her mother as her science and technology guru. Kuei-Yu Lei, 59, started community college classes in programming in PASCAL and FORTRAN at the age of 38 and began her career working for a software start up 10 years ago. Still employed in the industry, the elder Lei’s skills are useful in the domestic setting as well. She has taught her daughter how to hook up all the computers in the house so that the family can communicate wirelessly. She also reconfigured an old laptop for her three year-old grandson to play computer games on.
“I’m not only proud of her as a capable mother and an intelligent woman, I’m also grateful she taught me how to figure things out either by learning about it systematically in school or by trial and error,” says Hsien-Hsien of Kuei-Yu. “That’s what being tech savvy is all about — being willing to take risks and try something that other people don’t think will work.”
Kate has written a great story about older women conquering technology. Where would we be without our moms and the genes they passed down to us?
I am glad both generations of Lei women like the article!
Wow! Congrats to you and your mom on such a lovely article. It’s great inspiration to the rest of us to keep up pursuing our passions and to encourage it in our little ones. Next week I am delivering a new iBook to my mother for Mother’s Day – it’s something she’s been pining for
Kate: Thank you so much, Kate!! Very proud of my mom for taking the untraditional path.
lisalee: Nice Mother’s Day present! Hope you didn’t ruin the surprise for her here.
here, here! aren’t Moms just great! my mom was a genetics major in college- her advisor got to be my own 20 years later. she and my dad loved agriculture and plants (and genetics) and passed that love to all the kids. i’m the only one actually who ventured into the “human” realm. that’s how Maricar (B5′er too) got to be in plant genetics too.
congrats to you and all moms who teach us the love of learning
Grace: How cool to have shared an advisor with your mom! I hope I’ll pass my love of science to my son too. Thus far, he appears to be destined for a career having to do with space.